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0 Euro - Monaco The Cathedral
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Cathedral of Monaco's façade, with a palm tree at left and a coat of arms encircled by knotted rope at right. Below the main vignette, a ribbon bears the Latin motto INSTAVRARE OMNIA IN CHRISTO. Denomination 0 EURO appears in large letterpress at center-left, flanked by EUROSOUVENIR branding. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right portion. The denomination 0 EURO and EUROSOUVENIR text appear within a guilloche underprint. |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy an odd corner of the hobby — legal tender in the sense that the 0 denomination makes the question moot, printed to full De La Rue and Oberthur security standards yet designed purely for the tourist market. Oberthur Fiduciaire has produced the bulk of the series under license from the European Central Bank, which permits their issue provided they carry no denomination that could interfere with actual currency.
Monaco's Cathedral is a logical subject for the series — it is the burial site of Prince Rainier III and Grace Kelly, which drives considerable visitor traffic to a building that might otherwise register as minor Romanesque Revival.