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0 Euro - Lucky Luke
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs / UEMB (Union Européenne des Métiers de la Banque) |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right side. The face value 0€ appears in large numerals at upper left, with the printer's imprint along the lower margin. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Lucky Luke was created by Belgian cartoonist Maurice de Bévère — "Morris" — in 1946, first appearing in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou. The 0 Euro souvenir series, administered by UEMB and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, launched around 2015 as a tourist collectible with legal-tender face value of zero, sidestepping counterfeiting law while replicating genuine security features including watermarks. Oberthur produces actual euro banknotes for several eurozone central banks, so the manufacturing infrastructure here is identical to circulating currency.
The Lucky Luke edition appeared the same year as the character's 70th anniversary promotional cycle — timing that was deliberate, not coincidental.