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0 Euro - Falaise - Mémorial des civils dans la guerre
| Issuer | Mémorial des Civils dans la Guerre, Falaise |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a car laden with luggage, evoking the civilian exodus of WWII, set before the entrance sign of the Normandy commune of Falaise (Calvados). The design incorporates the museum's full title and issuing authority inscriptions, with a serial-style reference '2019-2' and the designer attribution 'R. FAILLE / C.E.O.' The underprint carries repeating 'SOUVENIR EURO' lettering. |
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| Reverse description | Composite vignette illustrating six celebrated European landmarks — the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels) — arranged across the note. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears on the right side. The imprint 'IMPRIMÉ PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE / MADE IN FRANCE' is present at the lower margin. |
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The souvenir zero-euro note has become a minor industry in France, with Oberthur Fiduciaire — the same firm that prints legal tender for the Banque de France — producing them under license from the European Central Bank. The arrangement grants these pieces genuine security features: the same intaglio printing, embedded strip, and UV-reactive elements found on circulating euro notes. They are legal tender in theory, worthless in practice, and collectible by design.
The Mémorial des Civils dans la Guerre in Falaise focuses specifically on the civilian experience of the Second World War in Normandy — a subject the town has particular reason to address. The August 1944 battle that closed the Falaise Pocket effectively destroyed the town centre.