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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2020-2023 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANDENBURGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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| Protection type | Security thread |
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EuroSouvenir 0 Euro notes occupy a peculiar commercial niche — legal tender in form, worthless by design, and printed to the same Oberthur Fiduciaire security specifications used for genuine euro banknotes. The security thread is not decorative; it's there because the European Central Bank licenses the format on condition that the physical production standards aren't relaxed. Collectors pay face value plus a premium at point of sale, meaning the note never enters circulation in any meaningful sense.
Hohenzollernschloss Sigmaringen is the ancestral seat of the Hohenzollern family — the same dynasty that produced the German kaisers. The castle above the Danube gorge passed through fire and reconstruction across several centuries before becoming a museum property still held by the House of Hohenzollern.