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0 Euro - Hagen - Eugen-Richter-Turm
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Eugen-Richter-Turm, a 23-metre stone observation tower in Hagen, rendered in purple-violet intaglio-style print against a pale guilloche underprint. The EU flag appears at upper left beside the large denominal zero, with the '3 Türme-Weg' trail logo and a regional route map to the right. A facsimile signature of R. Faille (CEO) appears lower right above the alphanumeric serial number. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse displaying vignettes of six iconic European monuments: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels), arranged across the centre against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right portion. The denomination '0 EURO' and printer's imprint appear in the lower field. |
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The Eugen-Richter-Turm is a late nineteenth-century observation tower in Hagen, named after the prominent German liberal politician who died in 1906 — a figure associated with free trade advocacy and fierce opposition to Bismarck's protectionist policies. The EuroSouvenir program, administered under license from the European Central Bank, permits these zero-denomination notes to circulate as legal collector items precisely because they carry no monetary value and therefore sidestep the counterfeiting prohibitions that govern genuine euro issues. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers with continuous banknote production credentials stretching back into the nineteenth century, handles the entire series.