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0 Euro Schloss Burg Angriff der Schweden 1632
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2020-2021 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette in purple tones presents a view of Schloss Burg castle ruins alongside a historical battle scene of the Swedish assault of 1632, with a period cannon in the foreground. The large numeral "0" appears to the left against a fine guilloche underprint, flanked by the EU flag and a ring of gold stars. Series code "2021-13" is printed at upper left, with the EURO SOUVENIR logotype at lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Schloss Burg an der Wupper was sacked by Swedish forces in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War — a traumatic episode for the Bergisches Land region that this souvenir note commemorates. The 0 Euro format is a legal-tender-adjacent curiosity: issued under EuroSouvenir's licensing arrangement with the European Central Bank, these notes carry genuine security features produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire, the same contractor responsible for printing actual euro banknotes for several member states.
The security thread and watermark are not decorative — Oberthur holds them to the same production standards as circulating currency, which is precisely what makes the series collectible rather than merely touristic.