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0 Euro - Seenotkreuzer John T. Essberger
| Issuer | Technik Museum Speyer |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | Technik Museum Speyer 2023-7 0 SAR EURO SOUVENIR Seenotkreuzer John T. Essberger R. FAILLE |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ TORRE DE BELEM DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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The commemorative 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered through licensed issuers across Europe and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, has been running since 2015. These notes have no legal tender status anywhere — the face value is a fiction, a workaround that allows them to carry the Euro visual identity without violating ECB regulations on currency imitation. Oberthur's involvement gives them genuine banknote-grade paper and security features, which is part of the appeal to collectors.
The John T. Essberger is a decommissioned ocean-going rescue cruiser operated for decades by the Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger (DGzRS), now on static display at Technik Museum Speyer. The DGzRS operates entirely on donations — no government funding — which made the vessel's working life unusual among European maritime rescue infrastructure.