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0 Euro - LOURDES
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | At right, a vignette of Saint Bernadette Soubirous is set against a background view of the Lourdes Basilica; at lower left, the Massabielle Grotto is illustrated with the statue of the Virgin Mary accompanied by the Occitan inscription 'Que soy era Immaculada Councepciou'. The denomination '0 EURO' and the series legend 'EUROSOUVENIR 2025-6' are integrated into the overall design, with the title 'LOURDES' appearing as the principal heading. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European monuments are arranged across the face: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right side, while printer and origin inscriptions are positioned along the lower margin. |
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The souvenir zero euro note program — run under license from the European Central Bank — has been producing tourist-market collectibles since 2015, printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire to the same security specifications as circulating euro banknotes: same paper, same UV-reactive inks, same embedded strip. Lourdes is among the higher-traffic subjects in the French series, given the town draws several million Catholic pilgrims annually to the Marian shrine established after Bernadette Soubirous's reported apparitions in 1858.
These notes have no monetary value and are never legal tender. The ECB authorization is what makes the format legally reproducible at all.