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0 Euro - France - Champions du monde 2018
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a group of French football players celebrating the 2018 FIFA World Cup victory, with the French tricolour flag and a stadium scoreboard reading 4-2 in the background. The large numeral "0" appears at left within a guilloche underprint, flanked by the EU flag at upper left and the series code "2018-2-FR". A facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O.) and the series prefix "XERU" appear at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0€ EURO SOUV ENIR |
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France's 2018 World Cup victory triggered an immediate commemorative publishing rush, and Euro Souvenir — a private scheme operating under European Central Bank licensing agreements — moved quickly to issue this piece within weeks of the final. These zero-denomination notes carry no legal tender status whatsoever; they exist entirely as licensed collector items, produced to ECB specifications on genuine banknote substrate by Oberthur Fiduciaire, the same Rennes-based security printer responsible for a significant portion of actual euro production.
The zero-denomination format was first authorized by the ECB in 2015, specifically to allow tourism-oriented souvenir notes without any risk of circulation as currency.