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0 Euro - Le château De Cheverny -
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017-2018 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Château de Cheverny, the Loire Valley château in the Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val-de-Loire region, rendered in intaglio-style print. Denomination "0 EURO" appears at left and right, with the EUROSOUVENIR inscription across the upper field. Series identifier "2018-2" and signature of R. FAILLE as C.E.O. appear in the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with denomination "0 EURO" and printer's imprint at lower centre. |
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The souvenir euro program was launched in 2015 by the European Central Bank — or more precisely, tolerated by it — as a way for cultural and tourist sites to issue legally printed but non-legal-tender banknotes using the official euro design format. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers authorized to reproduce the euro substrate and printing specifications, produces the entire series. The notes carry a genuine serial number and pass basic security checks, which has made them unexpectedly popular with collectors outside France who had no connection to the site itself.
Château de Cheverny, one of the better-preserved Loire Valley châteaux and still privately owned by the Hurault family after four centuries, issued its edition across two consecutive years — an unusually long run for the program.