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| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs / Billets Touristiques |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | TELECABINE LISBOA EUROSOUVENIR 2022-2 0 TELECABINE / LISBOA EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. MECY ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Standard Eurosouvenirs reverse with multicolour vignettes of six European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis. The Mona Lisa portrait appears at right. Printer's imprint 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' runs along the lower margin. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note format was introduced in France in 2015 by Richard Faille under the Eurosouvenirs brand, initially targeting tourist sites as a legal-tender-adjacent collectible — one that technically qualifies as euro-denomination currency under EU regulations but carries a face value designed to make spending it absurd. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints the series with the same security features used on genuine euro banknotes, including intaglio printing and watermarks, which is the entire point: the collectibility depends on authenticity of manufacture.
The Telecabine Lisboa, a gondola lift running along the Tagus riverfront in Parque das Nações, was built for the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition and kept in operation afterward as a tourist attraction.