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0 Euro - L'île d'Oléron - La Lumineuse
| Issuer | Collecteur Euro Souvenir (UEES/UEEC) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural vignettes 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 of the Mona Lisa occupies the right portion, with the denomination 0 EURO in large numerals and the EUROSOURVENIR inscription within a guilloche underprint. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Souvenir euros are a French tourism industry invention — zero-denomination notes produced under license, legally printable because they carry no actual monetary value and thus fall outside EU currency regulations. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers with both the equipment and the authorization to produce euro-format paper to specification, has handled the bulk of the series since its commercial rollout. The notes circulate exclusively through tourist retail, typically sold at a markup of two to three euros.
Oléron, the largest Atlantic island in metropolitan France, became an early subject in the souvenir program — its oyster beds and salt marshes made it a marketable regional identity.