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0 Euro Grotte du Pech Merle Cabrerets
| Issuer | European Association for the Euro Souvenir (UEEEA) |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | GROTTE DU PECH MERLE CABRERETS EUROSOUVENIR 2022-2 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEEA ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with denomination and series inscriptions in the lower right corner. |
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The Pech Merle cave in the Lot department contains some of the best-preserved Paleolithic paintings in France, including spotted horse panels dated to roughly 25,000 years ago — older than Lascaux. The 0 Euro souvenir series, managed by the UEEEA and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire under license from the ECB, has issued notes for hundreds of tourist sites across Europe since the mid-2010s, with individual sites commissioning their own designs in limited runs. These notes are legal curiosities: they carry the Euro Souvenir designation and pass ECB format approval, but carry no redemption value whatsoever.
Oberthur's involvement gives the physical object genuine banknote-grade paper and security features, which is precisely why collectors treat them as notes rather than novelty prints.