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0 Euro - Doué-la-Fontaine - Bioparc
| Issuer | Bioparc Doué-la-Fontaine |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse description | The standard 0 Euro souvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Big Ben (London), Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. The denomination "0 EURO" and the printer's imprint are inscribed at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program was launched in France in 2016 by Richard Faille, exploiting a legal provision that allows officially designed euro-format notes to circulate as legal tender at face value — provided they carry no denomination above zero. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to the same security specification as genuine currency, including correct paper weight and embedded features, which has made counterfeiting them a technical absurdity rather than a temptation.
Bioparc Doué-la-Fontaine was among the earliest institutional adopters of the scheme. The zoo itself occupies a former troglodyte quarry site in Maine-et-Loire, which gives it an unusual subterranean character that few European zoological parks can claim.