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0 Euro Pope Pius XI
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Pope Pius XI in three-quarter bust with raised right hand in blessing pose, set against an intaglio-style rendering of St. Peter's Basilica. Large purple zero denomination numeral at left, flanked by the EU flag and EUROSOUENIR vertical underprint. Pontificate dates 06 FEBBRAIO 1922 and 10 FEBBRAIO 1939 inscribed at right alongside the papal name PIUS PP. XI. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). The Mona Lisa portrait appears at right. Standard EuroSouvenir zero-denomination design with PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE and MADE IN FRANCE inscriptions at lower centre. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir series, produced under licence by Oberthur Fiduciaire and distributed through the EuroSouvenir programme, has issued hundreds of commemorative subjects since the format gained traction around 2015. Pope Pius XI is an unusual choice — he reigned from 1922 to 1939, presided over the Lateran Treaty of 1929 that created Vatican City as a sovereign state, and died in February 1939 just as war in Europe became inevitable.
These notes are legal tender in no jurisdiction, despite the "0 Euro" denomination and authentic Oberthur security paper.