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0 Euro - Nurmijärvi
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse follows the standard Euro Souvenir format with a lilac and yellow guilloche underprint. At upper left, the EU flag vignette is printed in blue, with the series designation '2020-1' below it, alongside the large intaglio-style '0' denomination numeral in dark ink. The central vignette presents a stylised composition of seven male faces arranged in a circular grouping — a reference to Aleksis Kivi's novel 'Seitsemän veljestä' (Seven Brothers) — accompanied by the text '7 veljestä', the numeral '150', and the year '2020'. The title 'NURMIJÄRVI' and the subtitle 'BIRTHPLACE OF THE NATIONAL WRITER ALEKSIS KIVI' appear across the upper margin, with the serial number prefix LEBB and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., at lower right. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program, administered through licensed distributors across Europe, has produced hundreds of locality-specific issues since its commercial launch around 2015. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints these to genuine banknote specification — same paper, same security watermark — which gives them a tactile legitimacy that postcards lack. They carry no monetary value and are not legal tender, but the ECB has never objected to the format because they technically denominate nothing.
Nurmijärvi, a Finnish municipality northwest of Helsinki, is perhaps best known internationally as the birthplace of Aleksis Kivi, author of the first significant novel written in Finnish.