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0 Euro Jean De La Fontaine
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note — Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. Inscriptions name each monument and identify the printer below. |
| 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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Jean de La Fontaine's 400th birth anniversary in 2021 prompted a wave of commemorative releases across France, and this souvenir zero sits squarely within that push. The EuroSouvenir program — a private scheme running since around 2015 — licenses the official euro format from the ECB under a strict agreement that mandates the zero denomination precisely to prevent any confusion with legal tender. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the same security printers that produces genuine euro notes for the Banque de France, handles production, which is why the paper and hologram feel entirely authentic.
Collectors should note that these zeros depreciate sharply once removed from their point-of-sale packaging.