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| Issuer | Technik Museum Sinsheim |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the standard Euro Souvenir reverse design, with vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at right, and the denomination '0€' is printed at upper left within a guilloche field. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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Oberthur Fiduciaire has produced the bulk of Europe's souvenir zero euro series since the format took off around 2015, and this Sinsheim issue is a straightforward entry in that commercial run. The notes are legal tender in name only — the European Central Bank tolerates but does not endorse them — and their appeal is purely as collectibles sold through museum gift shops rather than as anything approaching monetary instruments.
Sinsheim's museum is notable for its aircraft collection, which includes a retired Concorde and a Tupolev Tu-144 displayed side by side outdoors — the only place in the world where both supersonic passenger types can be seen together.