Catalog
0 Euro - Mount Fuji, Japan
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs (Euro Souvenir) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette comprises a large crimson circular sun disc set against a pink and cream guilloche underprint, within which a stylised Japanese kanji character is rendered in white reserve, accompanied by cranes in flight and a vignette of Mount Fuji at lower right. To the left, a large intaglio-printed zero numeral in dark red is flanked by a blue EU flag bearing the twelve gold stars, with the series identifier '2018-1' above; a ring of gold stars runs along the left and bottom margins. At lower right, a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., appears above the serial number prefix 'JPAA', with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo in multicolour at lower centre-left. |
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| Obverse lettering | 富士山 日本 - MOUNT FUJI, JAPAN EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. JPAA |
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The Euro Souvenir program, administered under license from the European Central Bank, permits non-legal-tender "0 euro" notes to be sold as collectibles — the ECB authorization is real, the spending power is not. Oberthur Fiduciaire in Rennes produces the entire series to full De La Rue-grade security specifications, including genuine intaglio printing and embedded security threads, which is precisely what justifies the retail price well above face value.
A Japanese landmark printed on euro-format paper in a French security facility for a purely commemorative market is a peculiar commercial arrangement, but the program has issued hundreds of such themed notes since launching around 2015.