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0 Euro - Ponte de Lima A Vila mais Antiga de Portugal
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2019-2020 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the Roman bridge of Ponte de Lima spanning the Lima River, with the Church of Santo António da Torre Velha visible in the background against a mountainous landscape. The large intaglio-style numeral '0' appears at left, flanked by the EU flag and date code '2019-1' above a guilloche underprint in violet and yellow tones. The EUROSOUV/ENIR logo and CEO signature of R. Faille appear at lower centre and right, with an alphanumeric serial number at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Six European landmark vignettes arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels), set against a fine guilloche underprint. A portrait of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. The inscription 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' appears at lower centre. |
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Ponte de Lima's claim as Portugal's oldest town rests on its 1125 royal charter — one of the earliest municipal charters in the country — though the site itself had been settled long before, with Roman bridge infrastructure still standing today. The zero-euro souvenir format was introduced commercially around 2015, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the notes to genuine euro security specifications: correct paper stock, UV-reactive inks, and microprinting, all legally permissible because the zero denomination carries no monetary value.
Oberthur's involvement gives these notes a higher production standard than most tourist ephemera. The Ponte de Lima issue is one of several hundred regional Portuguese subjects produced across the 2019–2020 window.