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0 Euro La vallée des singes
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a large gorilla head in intaglio-style print on a mauve-tinted guilloche underprint. The EU flag and series code appear at upper left, with a large zero numeral to its right. At right, a stylised '20 ans!' anniversary logo with a gorilla face motif. Serial prefix UEAK and designer signature at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ TORREDEBELEM DASBRANENBUGERTOR COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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La Vallée des Singes is a primate park in the Vienne department of western France, opened in 1998 and housing one of the larger collections of great apes in Europe. The 0 Euro souvenir program, administered under license from the European Central Bank, began in earnest around 2015 and turned Oberthur's banknote-grade production infrastructure toward a frankly commercial purpose — legal-tender denominated at nothing, printed to full security specification, sold as keepsakes at tourist sites.
Oberthur's involvement matters: these are not novelty prints but notes produced on cotton-blend substrate with genuine intaglio work. The irony of applying central-bank-grade anti-counterfeiting technology to a zero-value note is not lost on serious collectors.