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0 Euro - Filitosa - Site préhistorique Corse
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of three prehistoric menhir statues from the Filitosa site in Corsica, labelled FILITOSA IX, FILITOSA V, and FILITOSA XIII, set against a pink-toned guilloche underprint. The large numeral "0" appears at left alongside the EU flag and series code 2015-1. A holographic security element is applied at upper right. |
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| Protection description | Holographic foil patch applied at upper right of obverse, displaying a cross-shaped decorative motif with colour-shifting properties. |
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| Comments |
EuroSouvenir notes have no legal tender status anywhere — they are novelty collector items sold at tourist sites and cultural attractions across Europe, produced to banknote specification purely as souvenirs. Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement gives them genuine security printing credentials: the hologram stripe is real production-grade work, not a sticker approximation, which is why these circulate so freely among thematic collectors despite their zero face value.
Filitosa, a Neolithic and Bronze Age site in southern Corsica, contains some of the most significant menhir statues in the Mediterranean world — warrior figures with carved facial features and weapons, dating to roughly 1500 BCE.