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0 Euro - Suomen lasimuseo Riihimäki - The Finnish Glass Museum
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. A vignette of the Mona Lisa appears at right. The printer's imprint 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' is present along the lower border. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a peculiar niche — legal tender for zero, produced by a licensed security printer under official ECB-sanctioned specifications, sold as collector items at tourist sites across the eurozone. Oberthur Fiduciaire handles much of the production, which means the paper, inks, and security features are genuine banknote-grade, not novelty reproductions. The Finnish Glass Museum in Riihimäki, housed in a building purpose-designed for the collection in 1981, is one of the few institutions globally dedicated solely to glass as an industrial and artistic medium — a reasonable subject for a country whose design industry built much of its postwar international reputation on glassware.