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0 Euro Pont d'Avignon
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir (UEDV) |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Pont d'Avignon (Pont Saint-Bénézet), a medieval stone bridge rendered in warm tones against a lavender guilloche underprint. The large numeral "0" appears at left within an ornate oval frame, flanked by the EU flag and EUROSOUENIR circular legend. The issuer prefix code and CEO signature appear at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | PONT D'AVIGNON EUROVISION 2018-4 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEDV * * * * * |
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The Pont d'Avignon — properly the Pont Saint-Bénézet — is the subject of one of France's most recognizable folk songs, "Sur le Pont d'Avignon," which dates to at least the 15th century and references dancing on the bridge itself. Whether anyone actually danced there is disputed; the bridge's arches were narrow enough that dancing in any practical sense seems unlikely, and some historians argue the song referred to the island beneath it rather than the bridge proper.
Oberthur Fiduciaire in Rennes produced this note under the EuroSouvenir program, which launched in 2012 and uses genuine banknote-grade paper and security printing to give these commemorative pieces the physical credibility of circulating currency — without any legal tender status whatsoever.