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0 Euro Galo de Barcelos
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir (MEBM) |
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| Year | 2019-2020 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Galo de Barcelos — the traditional Portuguese rooster — rendered in intaglio-style against a background vignette of a stone bridge and riverside townscape. The large numeral '0' appears to the left, with the EU flag and series date '2019-1' in the upper left corner. The 'EURO SOUVENIR' logotype in multicolour guilloche is at lower centre, with the MEBM serial prefix and CEO signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The Galo de Barcelos — the rooster of Barcelos — is Portugal's most recognizable folk symbol, rooted in a medieval legend about a dead cockerel crowing to save an innocent pilgrim from the gallows. Whether the story is believed or not, the ceramic rooster became a mid-twentieth century export phenomenon, mass-produced for the tourist trade during the Salazar years as a soft-power emblem of Portuguese identity. That a French commemorative novelty program would eventually adopt it as subject matter is entirely predictable.
EuroSouvenir notes carry no legal tender status anywhere. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to genuine banknote specification — security paper, correct dimensions — which is the point: the tactile authenticity is the product.