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0 Euro - Engenhos do Norte
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Large zero denomination numeral at left with guilloche underprint; central vignette shows a bottle of Branca aguardente in front of the Engenhos do Norte distillery building with chimney stack at right. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the series code 2018-1, with a circle of gold stars across the top and the EuroSouvenir logo watermark visible. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait appears at right, framed within a rectangular vignette. |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar corner of collecting — legal tender in no jurisdiction, yet printed to full security standards by Oberthur Fiduciaire, the same Rennes facility responsible for genuine euro banknotes for several member states. This one commemorates Engenhos do Norte, the historic sugar-producing region of Madeira, where water-powered mills drove the island's dominant industry from at least the 15th century through the 20th. The zero-denomination format was authorized by the European Central Bank in 2015, opening a legitimate commercial market for tourism-oriented collector notes produced on genuine banknote paper with proper intaglio printing.