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0 Euro - Pontmain - L'apparition 5
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Virgin Mary in a blue halo, arms outstretched, with a cross on each shoulder and four candles below, set above a rooftop. The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Pontmain appears at left. Five blue five-pointed stars in a vertical row at right mark the 5th anniversary of the 0 euro souvenir series. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A vignette of the Mona Lisa appears at right. |
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Souvenir euros occupy a peculiar regulatory space: they are legal tender in form only, issued under a European framework that permits commemorative zero-denomination notes provided they cannot be mistaken for genuine currency. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the continent's major security printers, produces the bulk of the series — which lends them a construction quality that outlasts their novelty purpose.
The Pontmain apparition of January 1871 occurred during the Franco-Prussian War, when Prussian forces were advancing through the region. The reported Marian vision — witnessed by several children in the village — preceded a local Prussian withdrawal by days, a coincidence that drove the subsequent pilgrimage cult and eventual basilica construction in 1872.