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0 Euro - Nausicaá turtle
| Issuer | Nausicaá (Centre National de la Mer), Boulogne-sur-Mer, France |
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| Year | 2022-2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | NAUSICAÁ EUROSOUVENIR 2022-7 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEBK ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Six iconic European architectural monuments are rendered as vignettes across the central field: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A portrait of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears to the right. The denomination "0€" is shown at upper left against a standard Eurosouvenir guilloche underprint. |
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Nausicaá, Europe's largest aquarium, began issuing these zero-denomination souvenir notes in collaboration with Oberthur Fiduciaire as part of the broader French collector note phenomenon that accelerated sharply after 2017. They carry no legal tender status anywhere — the "0 Euro" denomination is a legal workaround that allows euro-format notes to be produced and sold without infringing on ECB exclusivity over circulating currency.
Oberthur prints them on genuine banknote paper with UV-reactive security features, which is part of the appeal for collectors and why the secondary market treats condition seriously.