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0 Euro - Karl IX Vasa
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs (LEBF - Les Euros des Billets de Fantaisie) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears a central vignette with a portrait of Karl IX Vasa, King of Sweden and Finland, accompanied by coins from his reign period. The denomination '0 EURO' appears in large numerals, with the 'EUROSOUVENIRS' brand identifier and the serial number prefix '2020 - 2' integrated into the design. Inscriptions record his titles and the periods of his regency (1599–1604) and kingship (1604–1611), along with the signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. of LEBF, at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces the standard Eurosouvenirs design, presenting vignettes of six iconic European monuments: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Torre de Belém, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at the right margin. The denomination '0 EURO' and printer's imprint 'PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE / MADE IN FRANCE' are inscribed at lower centre and bottom respectively. |
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The 0 euro souvenir program, administered through LEBF and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, was launched in 2015 as a licensed novelty series — fully legal, bearing genuine security features including a watermark and holographic strip, but carrying no monetary value by design. Karl IX of Sweden is an apt if pointed choice for a French-printed souvenir: he was the duke who became king by outmaneuvering and eventually executing the Swedish nobility, consolidating Lutheran rule in a country that had only recently broken from Rome. He died in 1611, having never quite resolved the constitutional legitimacy of his own reign.