Catalog
0 Euro - Gladiator Nîmes
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a fully armed Roman gladiator rendered in intaglio-style illustration against a multicolour guilloche underprint, with the city emblem of Nîmes positioned to the right of the figure. The denomination '0' and the town name 'NÎMES' appear as principal legends, accompanied by the series designation 'EUROSOUVENIR 2025-6' and the issuer reference 'C.E.O. UEAX'. The overall composition evokes the Roman heritage of Nîmes, home to one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European architectural monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Tower of Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels), set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is placed at the right side of the composition. The printer's imprint and country of manufacture appear along the lower margin. |
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France's zero-euro souvenir note program, administered through the Banque de France's licensed framework, has been running since 2015 — long enough that regional tourism operators have issued hundreds of distinct designs. Nîmes leans hard into its Roman history, and the gladiatorial theme is an obvious draw given that the city's amphitheatre, the Arènes de Nîmes, is among the best-preserved in the former empire, still hosting live events today.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produces these on genuine banknote paper with full security features, which is the actual point — collectors pay for the substrate, not the face value.