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0 Euro - Matej Bencur
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
| Signature(s) | R. Faille |
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Matej Bencur was the pen name of Slovak realist writer Martin Kukučín, and this 0 Euro souvenir note was issued under the EuroSouvenir program, a private commercial scheme that licenses the euro banknote format for collectible tourism issues. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series under strict ECB visual guidelines — the notes are legal curiosities, technically valueless but produced with genuine security printing infrastructure, including the correct substrate and serial numbering conventions.
Kukučín spent years practicing medicine in Chile and Croatia, a biographical detail that makes him an unusual choice for a Slovak commemorative of any kind.