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0 Euro - CHÂTEAU LAFAYETTE - HAUTE-LOIRE
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Size | 135 × 74 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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| Protection description | A holographic foil element is applied on the obverse, positioned at the upper right; the note also incorporates a watermark visible when held to light. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir program — officially licensed by the European Central Bank — permits cultural and tourist sites to issue legal-tender-format notes with face value zero, meaning they carry no monetary obligation but are manufactured to full banknote specification. Oberthur's involvement ensures the paper, watermark, and hologram strip meet genuine currency production standards, which is precisely why collectors treat them as proper printed pieces rather than novelty merchandise.
Château de Lafayette, in the Haute-Loire commune of Chavaniac-Lafayette, was the birthplace of the Marquis de Lafayette in 1757. The estate has been a museum since 1917, driven largely by American philanthropic funding — an acknowledgment of Lafayette's role in the Revolutionary War that French institutional memory has not always matched.