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0 Euro Pope Francis
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Pope Francis in white vestments raising his right hand in blessing, with St. Peter's Basilica dome and obelisk visible in the background. The large numeral '0' appears at left against a guilloche underprint, flanked by the EU flag vignette at upper left. 'EURO SOUVENIR' is printed in bold at lower centre with a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The EuroSouvenir program launched in 2015 as a licensed scheme allowing cultural and tourist sites across Europe to issue legal-format zero-denomination notes. They carry no monetary value and were never intended for circulation — the program exists entirely in the souvenir and collector market. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind numerous genuine euro-area banknotes, produced this issue, which gives it a level of technical finish that purely decorative items rarely achieve.
Pope Francis was among the more commercially predictable subjects for the series, given Vatican tourism volumes.