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0 Euro - Douglas DC-3 TAP Air Portugal - 1945
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019-2020 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-style vignette of a Douglas DC-3 aircraft in TAP Air Portugal livery occupying the centre and right, with period-dressed ground crew and a stewardess in the foreground. A large guilloche zero dominates the left field, flanked by the EuroSouvenir flag logo and series date. Multicolour microtext underprint with EU stars border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes are a private collector series issued under license from the European Central Bank, which permits zero-denomination educational items bearing euro-style graphics provided they cannot be mistaken for legal tender. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers with genuine central bank credentials, handles the print run — the same firm that has produced currency for dozens of sovereign states.
The TAP Air Portugal DC-3 subject references the airline's postwar launch in 1945, when it operated the Douglas twin-engine type on early Lisbon routes before acquiring more modern equipment.