0 Euro - Le château De Cheverny -

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.