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0 Euro - Les Baux-de-Provence - Carrières des lumières l'Egypte des pharaons
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 135 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a dramatic immersive light projection within the ancient limestone quarries of Les Baux-de-Provence, evoking the Egyptian pharaonic exhibition 'L'Égypte des Pharaons, de Khéops à Ramsès II', valid from 19 April 2024 to 5 January 2025. The composition integrates the site's cavernous stone walls bathed in vivid hues of the projected imagery, referencing the Carrières des Lumières experience. Denomination '0' and series identification 'EUROSOUVENIR 2024-9' appear within the design alongside issuer inscription. |
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| Obverse lettering | CARRIÈRES DES LUMIÈRES LES BAUX-DE-PROVENCE EUROSOUVENIR 2024-9 0 L'EGYPTE DES PHARAONS DE KHEOPS A RAMSES II 19 AVRIL 2024 - 5 JANVIER 2025 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O UEDH |
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Oberthur's zero-euro souvenir series has become a minor industry unto itself, and this piece — tied to the Carrières des Lumières immersive projection show in the old limestone quarries at Les Baux-de-Provence — is a straight collectible with no monetary function and no legal tender status anywhere. The quarries themselves are genuinely striking: former bauxite extraction sites cut into the Alpilles rock, repurposed in the 1970s for art installations and now drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors annually to the Bouches-du-Rhône.
Production by Oberthur means the security printing is technically identical to genuine euro notes — same intaglio feel, same paper specification — which is partly the point and partly what drives demand for the format among collectors who want "real" banknote production values without the currency risk.