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| Issuer | Poland |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | KOPALNIA SOLI WIELICZKA SALT MINE EUROSOUVENIR 2024-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. PLBR Komora Michalowice |
| Reverse description | Pink and lavender toned reverse displaying a composite vignette of celebrated European landmarks rendered in intaglio-style engraving: the Brandenburg Gate at far left, the Torre de Belém, the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower in rose-pink at centre, the Sagrada Família, and the Manneken Pis statue at right. A faint portrait watermark-style image appears at far right within the guilloche border, and scattered five-pointed stars in varying colours are distributed across the field. The '0€' denomination appears at upper left, and the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo is displayed in a panel at lower right. |
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The Wieliczka Salt Mine souvenir zero-euro note is part of the ongoing European collector series produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire under license — a commercial scheme, not a state monetary issue, carrying no legal tender status anywhere. Wieliczka itself has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1978 and operated continuously as a mine from the 13th century until 1996, when commercial salt extraction ceased and the site transitioned fully to tourism.
Oberthur prints these on genuine banknote paper with security features intact, which creates an odd artifact: technically more secure than many circulating currencies, yet worth exactly what the denomination states.