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0 Euro - La Cotinière
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LA COTINIÈRE EUROSOUVENIR 2025-4 0 La Cotinière EURO SOUVENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEEC |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELÉM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note is a French invention born from a 2015 loophole: because the notes carry no monetary value, they fall outside the European Central Bank's exclusive right to authorize euro currency, allowing private issuers to produce them legally. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them with full security features — genuine intaglio printing, UV elements, and a metallic strip — making them technically more sophisticated than many circulating banknotes from smaller issuing nations.
La Cotinière is a fishing port on the Île d'Oléron off the Charente-Maritime coast, one of France's busiest inshore fishing harbors. Its appearance in this series reflects the tourist-collector market that now drives the entire zero-euro program.