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0 Euro Dôme de Milan
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano) in intaglio-style engraving, rendered in shades of violet and gold against a lavender guilloche underprint. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the «COLLECTOR 2017» inscription, with the large numeral «0» in an ornate frame to the left. The EURO SOUVENIR wordmark and R. Faille CEO signature appear at lower centre and right. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks arranged as vignettes across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint with the EU star circle motif. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program was launched in France in 2016 by Richard Faille's Euro Souvenir operation, exploiting a legal grey area: the European Central Bank prohibits reproduction of genuine euro notes but does not restrict the issuance of legal-looking commemorative instruments denominated at zero. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the principal security printers behind actual euro banknote production, prints these on polymer substrate — the same firm supplying genuine currency to multiple eurozone central banks, here turned toward the tourist trade.
The Milan Cathedral edition was issued for the Italian market. Faille's signature appears as C.E.O. of Euro Souvenir, not as any central bank authority.