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0 Euro - Île d'Oléron - Phare de Chassiron
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Chassiron lighthouse rising above a rocky coastal cliff at the northern tip of Île d'Oléron, near Saint-Denis-d'Oléron, with the treacherous reef-strewn waters of the Pertuis d'Antioche in the background. Denomination "0" and currency inscription "EUR" appear in the design, with series identifier "2020-2" and issuer cartouche "EUROSOUVENIRS" integrated into the underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Eurosouvenirs reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of the Mona Lisa is positioned at right, with denomination "0 EURO" in guilloche underprint. |
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Eurosouvenirs' zero-euro souvenir notes have been produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire since the program's launch around 2015, using genuine security paper and intaglio printing — the same technical processes applied to circulating euro banknotes. The result is a collector piece that passes most casual authentication checks, which was a deliberate selling point from the start.
The Chassiron lighthouse, at the northern tip of Oléron, has guided shipping around one of the Atlantic coast's more dangerous headlands since 1685, though the current tower dates to 1836.