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0 Euro - Taj Mahal
| Issuer | Association Européenne pour les Billets de Collection (AEAB) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | INDIA - TAJ MAHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN, EMPRESS MUMTAZ MAHAL EUROSOUVENIR 2019-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. AEAB |
| Reverse description | Composite vignette of six European landmarks: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels), with a reproduction of the Mona Lisa at right. Printer's imprint and denomination underprint appear at lower centre. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program was launched by the AEAB in 2015 as a licensed collectible, with Oberthur Fiduciaire handling production under the same security printing standards applied to genuine euro banknotes — watermarks, holograms, and UV-reactive inks included. The program's legal cleverness lies in issuing a denomination with no redemption value, which sidesteps European Central Bank regulations on private currency issuance entirely.
A Taj Mahal issue is an odd fit for a European collectible note series, but the program long ago expanded beyond EU landmarks to target the global tourist souvenir market.