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0 Euro - I trulli di Alberobello
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Violet and yellow-gold tones on a guilloche underprint; a large numeral '0' at centre-left, with a vignette of the UNESCO-listed trulli stone dwellings of Alberobello occupying the right half. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the date code '2019-1', with a star border and the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo at lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR 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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The zero euro souvenir note was introduced by the European Central Bank in 2015 as a legal curiosity — face value of nothing, yet technically issued within the euro framework and exempt from counterfeiting law precisely because it carries no monetary value. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series under license, applying the same security features used on circulating currency, which is the main commercial point: collectors get genuine banknote paper, genuine intaglio printing, genuine holograms.
This example commemorates the trulli of Alberobello, the UNESCO-listed limestone dwellings of Puglia. R. Faille's signature appears as the authorized issuer signatory for EuroSouvenir, the Paris-based company that holds the ECB license and commissions individual tourist-market designs.