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0 Euro Düsseldorf - Gehry Bauten
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Gehry-Bauten (Gehry Buildings), the "Les maisons Dansantes" architectural complex in Düsseldorf's Neuer Zollhof district, rendered in full colour. The denomination "0 EURO" appears in the lower centre, with the legend "DÜSSELDORF GEHRY-BAUTEN" across the upper field and the Eurosouvenirs programme inscription below. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Eurosouvenirs reverse with six vignettes of iconic European monuments: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, with the printer's imprint "IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE" at the base. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered through the Eurosouvenirs network and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, launched in France around 2015 and expanded rapidly across European tourist sites. Oberthur produces them to genuine banknote specification — same paper, same security features — which is precisely what drives collector demand. They are legal tender in the technical sense that they carry a denomination, but no central bank has ever honored one for payment, and none ever will.
Frank Gehry's Düsseldorf buildings along the Neuer Zollhof were completed in 1999. Each of the three towers uses a different cladding material, a deliberate contrast the architect built into the commission from the outset.