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0 Euro J'y étais - I was there
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six celebrated European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa is positioned at the right. Each monument is labelled with its name, and the composition is set on a light multicolour guilloche background. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELÉM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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| Comments |
The "J'y étais" series is a retail souvenir product sold at tourist sites across France and elsewhere in Europe — zero face value, no legal tender status, but produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire using genuine security paper and holographic strip, the same contractor responsible for a significant portion of actual euro banknote production. The choice to use a real security printer rather than a novelty press is a deliberate commercial signal: these sell partly on the credibility of the substrate.
Oberthur's involvement dates to the original euro rollout in 2002, which gives the souvenir line a plausible lineage — though the ECB has no role in authorizing or overseeing it.