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0 Euro - Ruhrgebiet - Die 11 Kreisfreien Städte
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Ruhrgebiet region with the inscription 'RUHRGEBIET - DIE 11 KREISFREIEN STÄDTE' above and the traditional mining salutation 'Glück auf' below the zero-denomination numeral. The eleven district-free cities — including Bochum, Dortmund, Essen, and Gelsenkirchen — are listed across the lower portion of the note. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European monuments: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, alongside the zero-euro denomination numeral and printer's imprint. |
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EuroSouvenir notes are legal collector items issued under a framework established by the European Central Bank in 2015, which permits euro-format souvenir notes provided they carry a zero denomination and cannot be mistaken for genuine currency. Oberthur Fiduciaire — one of the few security printers licensed to produce them — brings full banknote-grade production to what is essentially a regional tourism product. This example commemorates the eleven independent cities of the Ruhr, the densely urbanized post-industrial district in North Rhine-Westphalia that once anchored Germany's coal and steel output.
The Ruhr's eleven kreisfreie Städte — administratively independent of any surrounding county — reflect a governance structure shaped by decades of heavy industry and the labor politics that came with it.