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| 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 depicts a panoramic landscape of Malá Fatra National Park, with Veľký Rozsutec (1610 m) and Malý Rozsutec (1343 m) peaks, a mountain chalet, rocky formations, and a wooden staircase set against a purple and gold underprint. The large denomination zero appears at left centre within a guilloche roundel, with the EU flag vignette at upper left and the EEBU serial number at lower right. |
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| 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.