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0 Euro - Musée Océanographique de Monaco
| Issuer | Eurosuvenir / Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2023-2024 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | MUSÉE OCÉANOGRAPHIQUE DE MONACO EUROSOUVENIR 2023-4 0 EURO SOUV ENIR MISSION POLAIRE R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEAW ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the standard EuroSouvenir architectural vignette with engraved representations of six iconic European landmarks: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis, arranged across the note on a fine guilloche background. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The zero denomination and printer's imprint are noted at lower centre and bottom. |
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Eurosuvenir notes occupy a peculiar niche — legal in the sense that the zero denomination creates no conflict with ECB regulations, but purely commemorative in practice, never intended to function as money. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series to full security-note standards regardless, using the same Chamalières facility responsible for genuine French and African franc production.
The Oceanographic Museum in Monaco was founded by Prince Albert I in 1910. It has housed Jacques Cousteau as its director for thirty-one years — a fact that still defines the institution's public identity more than a century after its founding.