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0 Euro - Cleopatra
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Euro |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Cleopatra reclining on a draped bed, a cheetah at rest at her feet; the pyramids of Giza fill the background beneath a band of hieroglyphics. Series identifier "2019-1" and the zero-euro denomination appear within an ornate underprint alongside the EUROSOUVENIR programme mark. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV |
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| Comments |
EuroSouvenir's zero-denomination issues are a legally clever product: printed to European Central Bank dimensional and security specifications, they carry no monetary value and therefore require no central bank authorization — just a cooperative licensed printer. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the continent's major security printers, has handled much of the series production, lending these collector pieces the same substrate and print quality used in genuine circulating notes.
The Cleopatra theme places this squarely in the tourist and gift market rather than any numismatic tradition. R. Faille's design credit is consistent across several EuroSouvenir releases from this period.