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| 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 a Portuguese national team footballer in a diving kick pose, football to the right, against a multicolour guilloche underprint with Belém Tower vignette in the upper right background. Large zero numeral at left, EU flag with year code 2022-PT below, vertical PORTUGAL watermark lettering in the centre, EUROSOUV/ENIR in blue at lower centre, XEQA prefix serial number at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | PORTUGAL EUROSOUVENIR 2022-PT 0 P15 PORTUGAL Belém Tower EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEQA ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a curious regulatory niche: they are officially legal tender in the sense that they carry the Euro symbol and zero denomination, but were conceived entirely as collectibles under a scheme approved by Banque de France and later expanded across several eurozone tourist sites and commemorative programs. No central bank backs them as a payment instrument — the issuing entity is a private operator working under license.
Oberthur Fiduciaire, long one of France's primary security printers, produced this piece. The Qatar World Cup tie-in places it among dozens of similar zero-euro souvenirs issued that year, most sold at a retail price of around €3–5 each through vending machines or souvenir counters.