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0 Euro - Chatam Sofer 1762 - 1839
| Issuer | European Euro Banknote Society (EEBS) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, with the denomination '0€' and landmark names inscribed across the design. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note series, produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire under licensing arrangements with the EEBS, occupies an odd corner of notaphily — legal in format, worthless by design, and collected purely as a commemorative object. This example honors Moses Sofer, known as the Chatam Sofer, the Hungarian-born posek and rosh yeshiva whose Pressburg yeshiva became one of the most influential Orthodox institutions in 19th-century Europe. His fierce opposition to religious reform — codified in the phrase "hadash asur min ha-Torah" — shaped the trajectory of Orthodox Judaism for generations after his death.
Oberthur's security printing credentials lend the physical object more gravitas than the denomination warrants.