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0 Euro - Château du Clos Lucé 500ème anniversaire
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci alongside the Mona Lisa, with the Château du Clos Lucé in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, rendered in the background. The design commemorates the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, with the EuroSouvenir programme inscription and denomination "0 EURO" integrated into the composition. The name R. FAILLE appears in the lower inscription band alongside the C.E.O. designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHÂTEAU DU CLOS LUCÉ 500ème ANNIVERSAIRE DE LA MORT DE LEONARD DE VINCI EUROSOUVENIR 2019-5 0 0 EURO SOUVENIR R.FAILLE C.E.O. UEAU |
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Souvenir zero-euro notes were introduced in 2015 as a collector-facing product, intentionally legal in form but never intended for payment. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints these to the same security specifications as circulating euro banknotes — including the intaglio printing and the EURion constellation — which is precisely why the European Central Bank tolerates them: a zero denomination cannot defraud anyone.
Clos Lucé in Amboise is where Leonardo da Vinci spent his final three years under the patronage of François I, dying there in 1519. The 500th anniversary of that death prompted a wave of French commemorative issues in 2019, this note among them.