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0 Euro Dunkerque Jean Bart
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the statue of corsair Jean Bart raising a sword, set against a vignette of Dunkirk town hall at right. The European Union flag appears at upper left alongside a large '0' numeral, with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logotype at lower centre and series date '2018-1' at left. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ TORREDEBELEM DASBRANENBUGERTOR COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Jean Bart, the Dunkirk-born privateer who raided English and Dutch shipping under letters of marque from Louis XIV, has been a civic obsession in his home city for centuries — his statue in the main square has made him the default face of local pride. The zero-euro souvenir series, launched commercially around 2015, exploits that attachment deliberately: these notes are printed by Oberthur to full euro security specifications, including the correct paper and UV features, but carry no legal tender status anywhere.
Oberthur's involvement is not incidental — the Rennes-based firm prints genuine euro banknotes for the Banque de France, so the production quality is indistinguishable from circulating currency to the untrained eye.