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0 Euro - Puces de Saint Ouen
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir (UEMS) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a purple-toned intaglio-style vignette of the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, with the Paul Bert and Serpette market halls visible at centre and an animated street scene of vendors and visitors in the foreground. To the left, the large numeral '0' in guilloche underprint is flanked by the EU flag at upper left and the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo in blue and orange at lower centre. The issue code '2019-1' appears vertically alongside the flag, and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. of UEMS, is placed at lower right above the serial number. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Puces de Saint-Ouen — the sprawling flea market at the northern edge of Paris, operating continuously since the 1880s — is one of the more defensible subjects in the Euro Souvenir program, which has leaned heavily on tourist monuments and regional clichés. UEMS licenses these zero-denomination notes to local vendors and attractions across the eurozone; the issuing entity is a commercial body, not a central bank, and no legal tender status attaches to any of them.
Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement lends the physical object more security engineering than its novelty purpose strictly requires — the watermark is a working feature on a note nobody will ever spend.