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0 Euro - Grotte Chauvet 2 Ardèche
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2024 |
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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 presents prehistoric cave paintings from Grotte Chauvet 2 Ardèche, the acclaimed replica of the original Chauvet cave opened in 2015 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The denomination 0 EURO appears in vertical guilloche lettering at right, with the EUROSOUVENIR inscription above and series reference 2024-4 below. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks are arranged across the vignette: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait appears at right, with the denomination 0 EURO in vertical guilloche lettering alongside. |
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Grotte Chauvet — discovered in 1994 in the Ardèche gorge — contains some of the oldest known cave paintings in the world, dated to roughly 36,000 years ago. Access to the original cave has been closed to the public since 2015 to prevent the atmospheric damage that destroyed much of Lascaux's pigments after its discovery. The Caverne du Pont d'Arc replica, known informally as Chauvet 2, opened the same year as a full-scale facsimile covering some 8,000 square metres.
Oberthur Fiduciaire has been the dominant printer of the EuroSouvenir series since its inception, handling security substrate and serial numbering to give these collector pieces the physical credibility of genuine currency — though they carry no legal tender status anywhere.