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0 Euro Citadelle de Besançon
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European monuments arranged across the note — Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — set against a fine guilloche underprint. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait is positioned at right. The denomination "0€" and "EURO SOUVENIR" legend appear alongside printer and origin inscriptions. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Oberthur Fiduciaire produces these souvenir notes under license from the European Central Bank, which granted formal approval for the 0 Euro series beginning in 2015 — a rare instance of the ECB sanctioning a collectible product bearing genuine euro security features, including the official euro symbol and denomination, on a note with no legal tender status whatsoever. The Besançon citadel, a Vauban fortification completed in the late 17th century and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is among the more architecturally significant subjects in the series.
Oberthur prints these to the same security standards as circulating currency, which is precisely the point — and the price premium over similar novelty items reflects it.