Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
0 Euro - Ochrana slovenskej prírody
| Issuer | European Euro Banknote Value (EEBV) |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central vignette of a brown bear amid a Slovak mountain landscape with alpine flora in the foreground, set against a lavender guilloche underprint. The EU flag appears at upper left, the large denomination numeral '0' at centre-left, and a commemorative inscription marking 100 years of state nature protection in Slovakia (1919–2019) at upper right. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The "0 euro" souvenir note market expanded rapidly after the European Central Bank confirmed in 2015 that it had no objection to private issuers producing zero-denomination pieces bearing the euro design, provided the format was clearly non-negotiable. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind genuine euro production, prints much of this souvenir series — an odd situation where the same technical infrastructure used for real currency is deployed for memorabilia.
This example, issued under the Slovak nature protection theme, is legal to produce precisely because zero-denomination instruments carry no face value to counterfeit. Collectors should note that print runs for individual themes in this series vary considerably and are not always disclosed by EEBV.