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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Place Vendôme in Paris, with the Vendôme Column — erected by Napoleon I between 1806 and 1810 to commemorate the Battle of Austerlitz — rising from the square. An inset close-up vignette at upper right shows the apex statue of Napoleon Bonaparte in the guise of Caesar, holding a sword in his left hand and the globe of victory in his right. |
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| Obverse lettering | PARIS - PLACE VENDÔME EUROSOUVENIR 2021-1 0 N EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEVD ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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EuroSouvenir notes have no legal tender status anywhere — they exist entirely within a commercial souvenir framework authorized by the Banque de France and similar national authorities across the eurozone. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to genuine banknote security specifications, including the correct substrate and UV-reactive features, which is either reassuring or mildly absurd depending on your view of the genre.
Place Vendôme's connection to high jewelry and Napoleonic urban planning makes it one of the more defensible Paris subjects in what is otherwise an aggressively crowded souvenir series.