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0 Euro - Mémorial de Falaise - 80ème anniversaire
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse vignette illustrates a scene of wartime exodus, with a heavily laden civilian automobile in flight, evoking the mass displacement of the French population at the onset of the Second World War. The composition references the historical context commemorated by the Mémorial de Falaise. Surrounding inscriptions and the issuer credit appear in the margins. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a composite vignette assembled from internationally recognised architectural and cultural landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, the Pyramids of Giza, the Burj Khalifa, and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, arranged alongside a portrait of Albert Einstein. The design follows the decorative convention typical of Billet Royal souvenir zero-euro issues, combining world heritage imagery within a unified horizontal composition. Denomination and issuer inscriptions appear in the lower portion. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program, administered under license from the European Central Bank, has produced thousands of variants since its commercial launch around 2015 — most of them forgettable. This Falaise memorial issue marks the eightieth anniversary of the August 1944 battle in which Allied forces closed the Falaise Pocket, trapping and largely destroying two German armies in Normandy. The military significance is real; the note's claim on that history is strictly commemorative.
Fonderie Saint Luc handles much of the French souvenir note production and includes a watermark to satisfy ECB licensing requirements — a legal necessity, not a collector signal about rarity.