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0 Euro - Pouhon Pierre le Grand - Spa
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Pouhon Pierre le Grand mineral spring pavilion in Spa, Belgium, rendered in intaglio-style engraving in reddish-brown tones. The large numeral "0" appears at left alongside the EU flag, star circle, and serial prefix, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype and a facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O.) are placed at lower centre and right. |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks rendered in vignette form — the Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — arranged across the face against a multicolour guilloche underprint. A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right side. The printer's imprint appears at lower centre. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program, administered by Richard Faille's EuroSouvenir organization from around 2015, occupies a genuinely odd corner of numismatics — legal tender denomination of zero, printed to full ECB security specifications by licensed currency printers, yet sold as a collector item at tourist sites. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few firms authorized to produce euro-specification banknotes, prints the series with the same security thread and microprinting applied to circulating issues.
This example commemorates the Pouhon Pierre le Grand, the celebrated mineral spring in Spa, Belgium — the town whose name became the English word for a thermal resort. The spring itself was named after Peter the Great, who reportedly visited in 1717.