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0 Euro - Sultan II
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears the tughra of Sultan Abdülhamid II (1842–1918), rendered in elaborate Ottoman calligraphy as a central vignette. The tughra incorporates the sultan's name, title, lineage, and the formula 'always victorious' in stylised script. Series designation and EuroSouvenir branding appear alongside the zero-euro denomination. |
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| Obverse lettering | SULTAN II.ABDÜLHAMIT HAN'IN TUGRASI EUROSOUVENIR 2022-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. TUBT ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (Translation: Tugrah of Sultan ABDÜLHAMID II KHAN) |
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The EuroSouvenir program — coordinated under license from the European Central Bank — authorizes the production of zero-denomination collector notes bearing the full visual grammar of genuine euro banknotes but with no monetary value whatsoever. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few security printers with an active euro production mandate, handles the series, which gives these pieces a level of technical execution — security thread, correct substrate feel — that most novelty notes lack entirely.
"Sultan II" is one of dozens of themed releases in the program, aimed squarely at the tourism and gift market. The legal fiction of a zero denomination is what allows their circulation without running afoul of currency counterfeiting statutes.