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0 Euro - Thorgal
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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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 description | Centre-right vignette of Thorgal, the Viking comic hero created by Jean Van Hamme and Grzegorz Rosiński, shown as a bust portrait with long dark hair and a sword over his shoulder, rendered in intaglio-style linework against a lavender guilloche underprint. The large zero numeral appears at centre-left beside the EU flag at upper left, with scattered star motifs across the field. The 'EURO SOUVENIR' inscription and series date '2018-3' appear at lower centre-left, with the copyright legend and UEMB prefix at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | THORGAL EUROSOUVENIR 2019-3 THORGAL © Dargaud-Lombard, 2018 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. Faille C.E.O. UEMB |
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Thorgal — the Belgian-Polish comic series created by writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Grzegorz Rosiński, first published in Tintin magazine in 1977 — is an unlikely subject for a banknote format, even a commemorative one. The Euro Souvenir program, launched in 2015, uses the legal note dimensions and Oberthur Fiduciaire's security printing infrastructure to produce these pieces, which are legal curiosities: face value zero, no monetary function, but produced on genuine banknote equipment by one of Europe's primary currency printers.
Oberthur's involvement gives these souvenirs their credibility as collectibles — the paper, print registration, and UV-reactive elements mirror production standards applied to circulating currency.