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0 Euro Louis XIV
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | LOUIS XIV ROI DE FRANCE 1643-1715 EUROSOUVENIR 2022-14 0 QR CODE LVD XIIII DG FRET NAV REX EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEUM ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks arranged across the vignette field: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of the Mona Lisa occupies the right side, with denomination and printer inscription at lower margin. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered by EuroSouvenir and distributed through tourist sites and cultural institutions across Europe, began in France around 2015 and has since issued hundreds of distinct designs. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to genuine banknote specification — security thread, correct paper stock, accurate dimensions — which is precisely the point: legal tender value of zero, but physically indistinguishable from circulating currency in feel and construction.
Louis XIV's association with French monetary ambition is not incidental. His reign saw the catastrophic John Law affair take shape in its ideological roots, and the Sun King's image has appeared on French coinage since the seventeenth century. Oberthur's involvement closes a certain loop — the firm has printed French fiscal documents continuously since the 1840s.