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0 Euro - Hagen - Bismarckturm
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | HAGEN - BISMARCKTURM HÖHE 24 m - EINWEIHUNG 1901 EUROSOUVENIR 2022-13 0 3 Türme WEG INDUSTRIE NATUR KULTUR 3 Türme-Premium-Wanderweg EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. XETF ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Translation: HAGEN - BISMARCK TOWER HEIGHT 24 m - INAUGURATION 1901 3 Towers Premium Hiking Trail) |
| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the centre: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The '0 EURO' denomination is set within a guilloche underprint in yellow-green tones. |
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EuroSouvenir 0 Euro notes occupy a peculiar niche: legal tender in denomination only, issued under a Banque de France framework that permits the format while explicitly removing any practical monetary function. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of France's principal security printers, produces the entire series to genuine banknote specification — same substrate, same intaglio printing — which is precisely why collectors treat them as notes rather than novelty items.
The Bismarckturm in Hagen, built in 1903, is one of roughly 145 surviving Bismarck towers still standing in Germany out of over 240 originally constructed between 1869 and 1934.