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0 Euro - Descartes "La ville du Philosophe"
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs / UEHJ (Union Européenne des Hôtels Jumeaux) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of René Descartes, after the 1649 oil on canvas by Frans Hals, set against a guilloche underprint in the Eurosouvenirs format. The denomination "0 EURO" appears in large numerals, flanked by series inscription "EUROSOUVENIRS 2018-1" and the signatory block "R. Faille / C.E.O. / UEHJ" at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | DESCARTES "LA VILLE DU PHILOSOPHE" EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. Faille C.E.O. UEHJ |
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Souvenir euros occupy a legal grey zone worth understanding: they are not euro banknotes and carry no monetary value, but they are printed to full security standards by licensed fiduciaire printers — Oberthur in this case — specifically to prevent counterfeiting of actual currency. The irony is deliberate policy. The UEHJ, a federation of twin-town hotels across Europe, commissioned this note as a commercial keepsake tied to La Haye-Descartes, the Indre-et-Loire commune that formally added the philosopher's name to its own in 1967.
Oberthur has produced the bulk of the UEHJ souvenir series since the program's early years, maintaining intaglio-adjacent security features throughout.