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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with six European architectural monuments arranged as vignettes: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, set within a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar corner of notaphily — legally issued, face-value zero, produced under official licensing arrangements that allow them to circulate as genuine euro-denomination collector pieces without entering the monetary supply. Oberthur Fiduciaire has printed the majority of the series, bringing genuine security-note production standards to what is functionally a tourist item.
Malá Fatra, a national park in northwestern Slovakia's Western Carpathians, joined a catalogue of European natural and cultural sites issued under this program. The zero-denomination format was a deliberate regulatory workaround, first introduced around 2015, sidestepping ECB restrictions on privately issued euro-denominated currency.