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0 Euro - Rudolf Kirchschläger 50. Präsidentschaftsjubiläum
| Issuer | Austria |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Centre-left vignette with a portrait of Austrian Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger against a warm-toned guilloche underprint, with the Austrian federal eagle coat of arms rendered to his right. The large numeral '0' appears at upper left alongside the EU flag, with a holographic security element at upper right. Lower portion carries the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo in blue at left and the serial number prefix NEBM at lower right, with a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse on a lavender guilloche ground, with a composite vignette of iconic European landmarks including the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A ring of EU stars arcs across the upper field, and the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logo with orange semicircle device appears at lower right. A ghosted portrait watermark is visible at right. |
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Rudolf Kirchschläger served as Austria's Federal President from 1974 to 1986, having been appointed Foreign Minister under Bruno Kreisky before his largely non-partisan presidency brought unusual cross-party legitimacy to the office. This commemorative zero-euro note marks the fiftieth anniversary of his inauguration. The format — legal-tender face value of zero, printed to euro banknote specifications by Oberthur Fiduciaire — is a collector product aimed squarely at the souvenir market, a category that has proliferated across European cultural institutions since roughly 2015.
Kirchschläger died in 2000; he never handled a euro.