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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse lettering | ESPAÑA EUROSOUVENIR 2022-ES 0 SPAIN EURO SOUV ENIR S28 Plaza de España R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEQA ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six European architectural landmarks arranged across the note, including the Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis, rendered in a fine engraved style over a guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa portrait appears at the right. The printer's imprint "PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE / MADE IN FRANCE" is inscribed at lower centre. |
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EuroSouvenir notes are legal tender collector pieces issued under a European Central Bank framework that permits participating institutions to distribute zero-denomination euro novelty notes — they carry the visual grammar of genuine euro banknotes but hold no monetary value. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of France's principal security printers, produces the series, which keeps the technical specifications close enough to circulating notes to satisfy the program's authentication requirements.
The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 edition is one of dozens of themed releases from that year. Its interest lies less in the object itself than in the oddity of the scheme: a sovereign currency's design language, licensed for souvenirs.