Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
0 Euro - Château de Chenonceau
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir (UEAM) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of Château de Chenonceau, the Renaissance château spanning the River Cher in Indre-et-Loire. The denomination "0" appears in large numerals with "EURO" below, flanked by guilloche underprint. Inscription "CHÂTEAU DE CHENONCEAU" at top, with "EUROSOUVENIR" and series reference "2016-1" incorporated into the design. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família, and the Manneken Pis. A vignette of the Mona Lisa appears at right. Printer's imprint "IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE" included in the lower legend. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The EuroSouvenir program — administered by the Union Européenne des Amis de la Monnaie (UEAM) — launched in 2015 as a licensed collectible series, with zero face value by design, sidestepping legal tender regulations entirely while borrowing the Euro note format. Oberthur Fiduciaire, which prints genuine Euro banknotes for the Banque de France, produced this issue, meaning the security substrate and print quality are indistinguishable from circulating currency to the untrained eye.
Chenonceau was among the earliest landmarks selected for the series — a commercially obvious choice given the château's status as France's second most-visited historic property after Versailles.