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0 Euro - Stuttgart - Schillerplatz
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Stuttgart's Schillerplatz square, with the Schiller monument statue at left, the Stiftskirche collegiate church in the centre, and the Old Chancellery at right, rendered in purple-violet intaglio style. The EU flag appears at upper left alongside the year code 2018-1, with a large guilloche zero numeral at left and the EURO SOUVENIR inscription at lower centre. Series prefix XEDZ and a facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O.) appear at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | STUTTGART - SCHILLERPLATZ EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEDZ |
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EuroSouvenir's zero-euro note program, launched in France around 2015 and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire under license from the European Central Bank, occupies a legal grey area that took years to resolve — the ECB had to formally confirm that denominating a collectible note "0 Euro" did not constitute the unauthorized issuance of currency. Oberthur produces these on the same security substrate used for genuine euro banknotes, which means watermarks, UV-reactive ink, and microprinting are all present despite the note having no monetary function whatsoever.
The Stuttgart Schillerplatz issue is one of hundreds of location-specific variants in the program. Collector demand for individual sites varies sharply, and regional German subjects tend to sell out faster than comparable French ones.