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0 Euro - Johannes Vermeer het melkmeisje 1658-1661
| Issuer | European Bank Federation (PEBF) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | JOHANNES VERMEER HET MELKMEISJE 1658-1661 EUROSOUVENIR 2021-3 0 3 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. PEBF ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Six vignettes of European architectural landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait vignette of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with the denomination '0€' and printer's imprint in the lower field. |
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Oberthur's souvenir zero-euro programme, administered through the Pan-European Banking Federation, has produced hundreds of these since launching around 2015 — a legal denomination under EU treaty provisions that permits face-value tokens with no redemption obligation. This example commemorates Vermeer's circa 1658–1661 genre painting, held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The series is collected primarily as a novelty, but the notes are genuine Oberthur security paper with working holograms and UV features, printed to the same technical specification as circulating issues.