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0 Euro - Lourdes classique
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | LOURDES EUROSOUVENIR 2020-2 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEEM |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a composite architectural vignette assembling six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: 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 portion of the design, with printer and origin inscriptions along the lower margin. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note series, launched commercially around 2015 by EuroSouvenir and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, occupies a strange legal niche: issued under European Central Bank authorization, they are technically valid currency but were never intended to circulate. Lourdes, drawing millions of Catholic pilgrims annually, was among the earliest and most commercially successful subjects in the French regional catalogue — the "classique" designation distinguishes the original issue from later variant printings of the same subject.
Collectors should note that print runs for individual souvenir zero-euro notes are contractually capped, though verification of stated limits against actual production figures has proven difficult in practice.