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0 Euro - Hrad Šomoška
| Issuer | European Euro Diffusion Ltd (EEDL) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. The Mona Lisa portrait appears at right. Inscriptions identify each monument, with printer and country-of-origin text at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Šomoška Castle sits on the Slovak-Hungarian border, and the choice to commemorate it on a zero-euro souvenir note is quietly political — the fortress and its surrounding territory have been disputed heritage between the two nations for decades. EEDL's souvenir program, distributed primarily through tourist sites and regional gift shops, uses Oberthur Fiduciaire's security printing infrastructure to produce notes that are legal in format but carry no monetary obligation whatsoever.
Oberthur's involvement means genuine security features — UV-reactive ink, microprinting — are present despite the note's purely commemorative function. Collectors should note that print runs for castle-themed Slovak issues in this series tend to be small and are rarely reprinted once exhausted.