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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | Six European architectural landmarks are arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A vignette of the Mona Lisa occupies the right portion, with the '0 EURO' denomination and printer's imprint below. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes are collector-market instruments — face value of zero, legal tender nowhere, but printed to full ECB security specifications by licensed banknote printers, which is precisely what makes Oberthur's involvement unsurprising. The firm holds one of the handful of ECB-approved production mandates, and the souvenir program has been a reliable low-volume contract for participating printers since the scheme's formal launch around 2015.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina — canonized by John Paul II in 2002 — remains one of the most commercially active saints in Italian popular devotion, which goes some way toward explaining his frequency on souvenir issues tied to pilgrimage sites around San Giovanni Rotondo.