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0 Euro Château des Milandes
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Two photographic vignettes of Joséphine Baker occupy the central field: at left in French Air Force uniform, at right in elegant attire with headdress, both sourced from archival photographs. The EU flag appears at upper left, a large guilloche-framed zero at centre-left, and a holographic security patch at upper right with a row of five stars below it. |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette presents six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. Printer and country-of-manufacture inscriptions are placed along the lower margin. |
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The Château des Milandes, a 15th-century manor in the Dordogne, was purchased by Josephine Baker in 1947 and became the physical home of her "Rainbow Tribe" — the twelve children of different nationalities she adopted as a living argument against racism. She was eventually evicted in 1969 after years of financial collapse, reportedly found on the steps by journalists, wrapped in a blanket. The choice of this site for a souvenir note in 2022 carries some weight: Baker was inducted into the Panthéon that same year, the fifth woman and first Black woman to receive that honor.