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0 Euro - Le Puy-de-Dôme Tour de France
| Issuer | Union Européenne de Billets de Prestige (UEBP) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | LE PUY-DE-DÔME EUROSOUVENIR 2023-8 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEBP ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note was introduced commercially in France around 2015 by Richard Faille, who recognized that the legal framework governing genuine euro banknotes — specifically the prohibition on reproducing them below a certain scale or without obvious defacement — could be sidestepped by issuing denominated but legally valueless paper through a licensed printer. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers authorized to produce legitimate euro currency, lends these souvenirs genuine banknote-grade paper and intaglio printing, which is precisely why they feel authoritative in hand.
This particular issue commemorates the Tour de France stage at Puy-de-Dôme, revived in 2023 after a fifty-year absence from the race route — the volcano's summit finish had last featured in 1988.