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0 Euro - Saint Jean Cap-Ferrat - Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
| Issuer | EuroCollections International |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | VILLA EPHRUSSI DE ROTHSCHILD SAINT-JEAN-CAP-FERRAT SOUVENIR EURO 2016-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEHM |
| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks are illustrated in individual vignettes: Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right. The printer's imprint "IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE" runs along the lower margin. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program, launched commercially by EuroCollections International around 2015–2016, exploits a legal quirk: because the face value is zero, these notes fall outside European Central Bank jurisdiction governing genuine currency, allowing private issuers to produce euro-format pieces printed by legitimate security printers. Oberthur Fiduciaire, which holds contracts for numerous African and Asian central banks, brings full banknote-grade production — security threads, correct substrate — to what is essentially a tourist keepsake.
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild on the Cap-Ferrat peninsula was built between 1905 and 1912 for Béatrice de Rothschild, who reportedly rejected seventeen initial designs before approving the final Venetian-style plan.