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0 Euro - Le Grau-du-Roi - Seaquarium Otarie
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a sea lion (otarie) rendered in full colour against an aquatic underprint, referencing the Seaquarium of Le Grau-du-Roi, a coastal commune in the Gard department, Occitania. Inscriptions identify the issuing attraction and the EuroSouvenir programme, with the denomination '0 EURO' set within a decorative panel. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes were first produced in 2015 as legal-format collector pieces — dimensionally and materially identical to genuine euro banknotes but denominated zero, placing them firmly outside currency law while trading on the familiar feel of real paper money. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the primary security printers behind actual euro production, handles the series, which gives these souvenirs a level of technical authenticity that novelty printers simply cannot match.
Le Grau-du-Roi's Seaquarium, on the Languedoc coast, is among the larger aquatic parks in southern France — a reasonable subject for a regional souvenir issue.