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0 Euro - Grottes de Lacave
| Issuer | UECM (Union Européenne des Collectionneurs de Monnaies) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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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 shows an adult and a child exploring the illuminated interior of the Grottes de Lacave, Lot department. The denomination '0 EURO' appears in large numerals, flanked by the EUROSOUENIR and UECM inscriptions. The serial number and series code '2018-2' are printed below the cave scene. |
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| Obverse lettering | GROTTES DE LACAVE EUROSOUVENIR 2018-2 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UECM |
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The Grottes de Lacave, a limestone cave system in the Dordogne valley first opened to tourists in 1905 via a funicular railway, is one of hundreds of French regional sites commemorated through the UECM's souvenir zero-euro program, which began in 2015 and quickly became a serious secondary collector market. Oberthur Fiduciaire produces these notes to genuine euro-series security specifications — watermark, security thread, UV-reactive ink — making them among the most technically faithful souvenir banknotes ever commercially issued.