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0 Euro - Osvobození Plzně classique
| Issuer | Czech Republic |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Size | 135 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | OSVOBOZENÍ PLZNĚ THE LIBERATION OF PILSEN EUROSOUVENIR 2020-2 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR 75. výročí / 75 anniversary 6.5.1945 R. FAILLE C.E.O. CZAG |
| Reverse description | The reverse follows the standard Euro Souvenir format, presenting vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait appears at the right. The denomination '0€' and series inscriptions are set within the standard guilloche underprint framework. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program, run commercially through licensed printers rather than any central bank, has produced hundreds of regional commemorative pieces across Europe since roughly 2015. This example marks the liberation of Plzeň by U.S. forces under General Patton's Third Army in May 1945 — one of the few significant Western Allied ground operations on Czechoslovak soil, and a point of local pride that survived even the communist-era preference for crediting Soviet forces exclusively with the country's liberation.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produces the entire souvenir euro series on genuine banknote paper with security features intact, which accounts for the convincing hand-feel despite having no monetary value whatsoever.