Catalog
0 Euro - Praha
| Issuer | Czech Republic |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Size | 135 × 74 mm |
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| Reverse description | The standard Euro Souvenir reverse carries six vignettes of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels), with a portrait of the Mona Lisa positioned to the right. A fine guilloche underprint in the house colours of the Euro Souvenir series provides the background. The denomination 0€ and the printer's credit appear in the lower portion of the design. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program launched formally around 2015 as a joint venture between various European tourist operators and licensed security printers — Oberthur among them — producing legal-format notes with genuine euro-series microprinting and security features but zero face value and no legal tender status anywhere. They exist purely as collectibles sold at tourist sites, museums, and heritage attractions across Europe, including locations well outside the eurozone, which is precisely what makes a Praha issue curious: the Czech Republic uses the koruna, not the euro, and has no scheduled adoption date.
The security printing is genuine, however. Oberthur produced these on the same specification paper used for currency work.