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0 Euro - Réserve africaine de Sigean lion et empreinte
| Issuer | Réserve Africaine de Sigean |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a reclining lion in naturalistic style, rendered against a warm-toned guilloche underprint. A large paw print vignette occupies the right field. The Réserve Africaine de Sigean name appears in an arc above, with the EUROSOUVENIRS programme inscription and denomination below. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The Réserve Africaine de Sigean, opened in 1974 near Narbonne, is the largest African wildlife reserve in Europe by surface area — a fact that gives these souvenir euros more regional specificity than most in the Oberthur-produced collector series. The 0 euro note program, launched commercially around 2015, has no legal tender status anywhere; it is a licensed novelty product printed to genuine banknote specification precisely to justify the price point.
Oberthur's involvement lends the paper and security features a credibility that outlasts the gimmick for some collectors.