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0 Euro - Suomi - Finland wild nature Bubo Bubo
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents an adult Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) with its nestlings set against a naturalistic underprint evoking the Finnish wilderness, framed within a guilloche border bearing the denomination «0 EURO». Bilingual inscriptions in Finnish and English identify the species as «HUUHKAJAT – EAGLE OWLS» alongside the series title «SUOMI-FINLAND WILD NATURE BUBO BUBO» and the EuroSouvenir branding. The lower portion carries the series reference «2020-7», the year «2020», and the signature of R. Faille, C.E.O. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The 0 Euro souvenir note program — administered through EuroSouvenir and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire — launched in 2015 as a licensed collectible format, with participating tourist sites and national themes commissioning runs that are legal tender in name only. The European Central Bank formally tolerates the scheme because the zero denomination makes them non-monetary by definition, sidestepping counterfeiting law concerns entirely.
Oberthur's inclusion of a genuine watermark is not decorative sentiment — it's a contractual requirement of the program, meant to prevent the format from being replicated outside licensed channels.