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0 Euro - La Valle Dei Templi
| Issuer | Société Européenne de Création de Billets (SECB) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the Temple of Concord at Agrigento's Valley of the Temples, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, constructed c. 430 BC and later converted into a Christian basilica in the 6th century. The denomination '0' appears in numerals alongside the EUROSOUVENIR inscription, with serial number and issuer references at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The standard Eurosouvenir reverse carries vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the face: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with printer and country-of-manufacture inscriptions at lower center. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note is a French invention — SECB launched the format in 2015, partnering with Oberthur Fiduciaire to produce legal-format collector pieces that carry no monetary value but must conform to ECB dimensional and security-feature standards to avoid counterfeiting law complications. Valle dei Templi, the UNESCO-listed archaeological park outside Agrigento, is among the more defensible subject choices in the series — a site with genuine international recognition rather than a regional tourism vanity pick.
Oberthur's involvement matters here: the firm prints actual euro banknotes for several eurozone central banks, so the production quality is not symbolic.