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0 Euro - Saints Cyril and Methodius
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette based on the 1912 color lithograph of Saints Cyril and Methodius by Czechoslovak painter Jano Kohler (1873–1941), presented in a decorative surround. The denomination "0 EURO" appears in bold letterpress, flanked by the "EUROSOUVENIRS" legend and serial prefix "BGAA" at lower right. Cyrillic inscription "Свети Кирил и Методий" runs beneath the central image. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The souvenir euro program, administered under license from the European Central Bank, permits officially sanctioned zero-denomination notes bearing genuine security features — including the Eurion constellation and UV-reactive inks — printed by contracted security printers like Oberthur Fiduciaire. They are legally not banknotes, but they are made exactly like them.
Cyril and Methodius, the ninth-century Byzantine missionaries who devised the Glagolitic script and gave the Slavic world a written liturgical language, are among the few non-political figures commemorated across multiple EU member states simultaneously. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and North Macedonia all claim them. The choice is diplomatically ambiguous in the best possible way.