Catalog
0 Euro - La Alhambra
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the standard Euro Souvenir common design, with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Tower of Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A guilloche underprint in euro-series style covers the field, with the denomination expressed as 0€ and the EURO SOUVENIR inscription. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ EURO SOUVENIR |
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Euro Souvenir notes are a licensed collector series introduced around 2016, issued under a scheme approved by the European Central Bank that permits the production of zero-denomination euro-format pieces for sale at tourist sites. They carry no legal tender status anywhere. Oberthur Fiduciaire produces the series using genuine banknote paper and security printing techniques — not a trivial detail, since the ECB's authorization required the notes to be clearly non-spendable while still meeting the physical production standards that prevent counterfeiting of actual euro denominations.
The Alhambra edition was released as part of a broader expansion of the Spanish tourist market within the program. Oberthur holds a long-established position as one of France's principal security printers, tracing continuous fiduciary printing operations back to the nineteenth century.