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0 Euro - Marseille - Château et parc Borély
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes illustrate iconic European monuments: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right side, with the '0€' denomination and printer's imprint along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Eurosouvenirs' zero-euro souvenir series has no legal tender status anywhere — they are collector items sold at tourist sites, printed to banknote specification by Oberthur Fiduciaire purely as a commercial product. The Borély estate in Marseille's 8th arrondissement has an interesting enough history: the original château was built in the 1760s for a wealthy merchant family, passed through various municipal uses, and now houses the Musée des Arts décoratifs, de la Faïence et de la Mode after a long renovation completed in 2013.
Oberthur's involvement lends these souvenirs genuine security printing credentials — proper intaglio, watermark paper, and EURion constellation — which is either reassuring or mildly absurd depending on your view of the format.