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0 Euro - Le Puy Mary 1783m
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir (UEDB) |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Lavender guilloche underprint with the EU flag at upper left, large zero denomination vignette at centre-left, and a photographic vignette of Puy Mary summit with cattle in the foreground and a paraglider aloft at right. Serial number, CEO signature of R. Faille, and UEDB prefix appear at lower right; inscription GRAND SITE DE FRANCE below centre. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with a light guilloche underprint bearing photographic vignettes of four French landmarks — the Pont du Gard, Mont-Saint-Michel, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame de Paris — arranged across the centre, with the Mona Lisa portrait vignette at right. The denomination «0€» and «eurosouv enir» legend appear at lower left. |
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The EuroSouvenir zero-euro note program launched in 2015, with Oberthur Fiduciaire — one of the firms that has printed official euro banknotes for the Banque de France — producing the tourist series on genuine banknote paper using the same intaglio and security features as circulating currency. The legal basis is straightforward: EU regulation does not prohibit issuing a note denominated at zero, so these are technically valid instruments that cannot be refused, though no one would bother tendering one.
Le Puy Mary, a volcanic neck in the Massif Central reaching 1,783 metres, gives this note its subtitle figure — not a date.