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0 Euro - Sibelius Monument - Helsinki
| Issuer | Finland |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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| Protection description | View of the Eiffel Tower from above with the numeral 0 at the centre of the watermark. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program, administered through licensed regional distributors across Europe, has expanded aggressively since its 2015 debut — hundreds of subjects now exist, and Finland has leaned into the format as a tourism revenue mechanism. These are legal tender in the technical sense only; no merchant is obligated to accept them, and none do. Oberthur Fiduciaire produces them to genuine banknote specification, watermark included, which is precisely what makes the series commercially viable as a collectible.
The Sibelius Monument in Helsinki's Töölö district, designed by sculptor Eila Hiltunen and unveiled in 1967 after years of public controversy over its abstract form, is an apt subject — the debate over whether it adequately honored Finland's most celebrated composer was heated enough that a portrait medallion of Sibelius was added to the installation as a concession to critics.