0 Euro - Pieter Bruegel de Oude Pieter Brueghel l'ancien

EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar corner of notaphily — they are legal tender for zero euros, a denomination that technically satisfies EU rules requiring member-state approval for any euro-denomination instrument while carrying no actual redemption value. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series to the same security standards as circulating currency, which is part of the collector appeal.

This example commemorates Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the sixteenth-century Flemish painter. The 2019 issue likely ties to the 450th anniversary of his death, which triggered a wave of institutional commemorations across Belgium and the Netherlands that year.