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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | MÜNCHEN - RATHAUS EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEAJ |
| Reverse description | Six engraved vignettes of European landmarks arranged across the note — the Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — with a portrait of the Mona Lisa at right. Printer's inscription 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' appears at lower centre, flanked by '0 EURO SOUVENIR' lettering. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered under the EuroSouvenir banner and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, operates in a curious legal grey zone — the notes are genuine legal tender under European Central Bank rules, denominated at zero, which means they satisfy the formal definition of a banknote while having no transactional value whatsoever. Oberthur prints them to full security standards: correct paper, correct dimensions, genuine intaglio where applied.
The Munich Rathaus release from 2018 is one of hundreds of location-specific issues in the series, sold as collectibles at tourist points of sale rather than distributed through any banking channel.