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0 Euro Pope Pius XI
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Pope Pius XI in three-quarter portrait, robed in pontifical vestments with pectoral cross, set against a detailed intaglio-style vignette of Milan Cathedral at right. The large numeral "0" appears at upper left beside the EU flag and year code "2019-1", over a lavender and rose guilloche underprint with a star border along the upper edge. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels), with a reproduction of the Mona Lisa at right, all set over a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir series, produced under license by Oberthur Fiduciaire and distributed through the EuroSouvenir program, occupies a peculiar niche — legal in format, worthless by design, and collected almost entirely on the strength of the subject depicted. Pope Pius XI, who reigned from 1922 until his death in February 1939, is a reasonable choice for the program given that he negotiated the 1929 Lateran Treaty, which established Vatican City as a sovereign state — a fact that gives a papal souvenir note at least nominal geopolitical justification.
Oberthur's security printing credentials are genuine; the firm has produced actual circulating currency for dozens of countries.