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0 Euro - Léonard De Vinci - Homme de Vitruve
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man within a circular guilloche underprint in rose and violet tones. The EU flag and a ring of twelve gold stars appear at left, alongside the intaglio-printed numeral '0' denomination. The EURO SOUVENIR logotype is printed at lower centre with a signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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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 are a curious commercial phenomenon — legal tender-adjacent collectibles produced under license from participating eurozone central banks, technically denominated at zero and never intended for exchange. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of France's principal security printers and a supplier to numerous national banks, handles the production, lending the series a level of technical credibility the souvenir concept alone wouldn't justify.
The Vitruvian Man drawing dates to around 1490 and is held by the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice — its appearance on a French-printed souvenir note with no issuing central bank behind it is an odd footnote in the long history of Leonardo's image on currency.