Catalog
0 Euro - Cité des sciences et de l'industrie
| Issuer | France |
|---|---|
| Year | 2023-2025 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| 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 presents the façade of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, the science museum located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris's 19th arrondissement, rendered in a detailed architectural illustration. A globe motif appears immediately below the building's façade, referencing the institution's scientific vocation. The denomination '0 EURO' and the issuing authority's name are inscribed across the note alongside the Eurosouvenir series identifier. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
| 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 zero-euro souvenir note program, launched in France around 2015 by Richard Faudemer's company EuroBanknote, exploits a legal quirk: because the face value is zero, these notes require no central bank authorization yet are printed to genuine euro security specifications — same paper, same UV-reactive inks, same intaglio printing — by licensed security printers including Oberthur. The Cité des sciences et de l'industrie in La Villette, the largest science museum in Europe, is among hundreds of tourist sites that have commissioned their own editions.
Oberthur's involvement lends these pieces a credibility that distinguishes them from ordinary commemorative novelties. Each institution typically orders a numbered print run, and sold-out editions from popular venues have already developed a modest secondary market.