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0 Euro - Futuroscope Lapin Crétin - Mona Lisa
| Issuer | Futuroscope (Eurosouvenirs/UECP) |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents two Lapins Crétins characters referencing the Futuroscope Time Machine attraction: one costumed as the Mona Lisa and a second posed as a painter. The denomination "0 EURO" appears in large numerals with "EUROSOUVENIRS" and series reference "2023-9" inscribed alongside the UECP authority signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks are arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right portion of the composition. |
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The souvenir zero euro program, administered by the UECP and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, has produced thousands of regional and thematic variants since its commercial launch around 2015 — Futuroscope, the science and technology theme park near Poitiers, has issued several runs. This particular note pairs the Lapins Crétins (Raving Rabbids), the Ubisoft game franchise that later anchored its own Futuroscope attraction, with a deliberate parody of Leonardo's Mona Lisa. The joke is the whole point.
Oberthur prints these on genuine banknote paper with embedded security features, which is precisely what makes the series legally permissible — the face value of zero removes them from currency law.