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0 Euro - Marseille, abbaye Saint-Victor
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed view of the Abbaye Saint-Victor in Marseille, rendered in purple-violet tones against a fine guilloche underprint of repeated text. The large intaglio-style numeral "0" appears to the left, flanked by the EU flag and the multicolour EURO SOUVENIR logo at lower centre. A ring of twelve gold stars and the series code "2022-3" are positioned at upper left. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The denomination "0€" is printed at upper left against a fine guilloche background. |
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Euro Souvenir notes occupy an odd niche — legal tender in denomination only, face value zero, and produced specifically for the tourist market under a licensing arrangement with the European Central Bank. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of France's major security printers with roots going back to the nineteenth century, handles the entire series, which gives these novelty pieces genuinely high production standards: intaglio printing, security thread, and UV-reactive elements identical to circulating issues.
The Abbaye Saint-Victor in Marseille is among the oldest Christian sanctuaries in France, with foundations attributed to John Cassian in the early fifth century. The site survived conversion into a fortress abbey during the medieval period and remains an active parish — which makes it one of the more historically substantive subjects the souvenir series has featured.