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0 Euro - Nîmes - Tour Magne
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Tour Magne, the ancient Roman tower of Nîmes, rendered in an engraved style against a guilloche underprint. The denomination "0" and inscription "EURO SOUVENIR" appear alongside the title "TOUR MAGNE NÎMES" and the series reference "2016 - 1". |
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| Obverse lettering | TOUR MAGNE NÎMES EUROSOUVENIR 2016 - 1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEHL |
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The "0 Euro" souvenir note program was launched in 2015 by Richard Faille, trading as EuroSouvenir, in partnership with Oberthur Fiduciaire — the same security printer responsible for a significant share of genuine euro production. Oberthur applied full De La Rue-style security features: embedded thread, UV-reactive ink, microprinting. The notes are legal curiosities: they carry no face value, cannot be tendered, yet are printed to the same specifications as circulating currency.
The Tour Magne is a Gallo-Roman octagonal tower, the largest surviving remnant of the ancient walls of Nemausus. Nîmes issued one of the earliest entries in the souvenir series.