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0 Euro Maison Carrée de Nîmes
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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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 portrays the ancient Roman temple Maison Carrée in Nîmes, rendered in a violet-toned intaglio-style illustration occupying the right half of the note. A large intaglio '0' numeral and the EU flag underprint appear to the left, with a ring of gold stars and the serial number prefix 'UEEJ' at lower right. The 'EURO SOUVENIR' legend is printed in blue and red at lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIMÉ PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note was conceived in 2015 by Richard Faille, a French entrepreneur, as a legal-denomination collector item exempt from counterfeiting law — since reproducing a note of zero value defrauds no one. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to full security-paper specification, including genuine eurion constellation patterns and UV-reactive inks, which makes them technically more sophisticated than many circulating issues from smaller nations.
The Maison Carrée in Nîmes is among the best-preserved Roman temples anywhere in the world, having survived largely because it was continuously repurposed — as a church, a stable, a private residence, and eventually a municipal archive before becoming a monument.