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0 Euro Lobo-Ibérico
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a standing Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) in intaglio-style print against a pink and yellow guilloche underprint with scattered euro stars. At left, a large ornate zero numeral with the EuroSouvenir flag emblem and year series code above; lower right carries the EURO SOUVENIR logotype and a facsimile signature. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks — the Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, Colosseum, Eiffel Tower, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — arranged across a multi-colour guilloche underprint. The Mona Lisa portrait appears at right, with the printer's inscription at lower centre. |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy an odd corner of the notaphilic world — legal denomination, zero face value, produced under official Eurosystem authorization but designed purely for the tourist trade. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind actual euro banknote production, handles the series, which at least ensures the physical security features are legitimate rather than commemorative approximations.
The Iberian Wolf (*Canis lupus signatus*) subject reflects ongoing conservation attention to a subspecies whose population in Spain and Portugal remains politically contentious — hunting restrictions have been a recurring flashpoint between livestock farmers and wildlife authorities.