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0 Euro - Istanbul - Sultanahmet Camii
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 0 Euro |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a portrait of Sultan Ahmed I in Ottoman imperial dress with tughra beneath, flanked by a vignette of the Blue Mosque (Sultanahmet Camii) with seagulls in flight at right. A large intaglio-style zero numeral appears at left within a circle of gold stars, with the EuroSouvenir flag logo and date code at upper left. Guilloche underprint fills the field in violet and gold tones. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with six European landmark vignettes 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 manufacture noted at lower centre. |
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EuroSouvenir notes are a legitimate collector series issued under European Central Bank authorization, which permits the printing of zero-denomination euro-format notes for tourist and souvenir markets. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers supplying actual euro banknotes, produces these with the same substrate and security features — including the distinctive feel of genuine euro paper — which routinely causes confusion at points of sale across Europe.
The series has no legal tender status anywhere, but that ECB authorization is what separates it from outright novelty merchandise.