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0 Euro - Scaphandre des frères Carmagnolle 1882
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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| Protection type | Hologram |
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The Carmagnolle brothers' 1882 diving suit — the subject of this souvenir note — was the first articulated armored diving apparatus to use anthropomorphic joints, with 22 ball-and-socket mechanisms allowing genuine limb movement at depth. It never worked well in practice; pressure differentials made the joints nearly impossible to move below a few meters, and the suit saw no real commercial or military adoption. The Smithsonian Institution holds the surviving example.
Oberthur Fiduciaire, a serious security printer responsible for numerous circulating issues, produced the entire EuroSouvenir series to banknote specification — hologram strip included — despite these notes having no legal tender status anywhere.