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0 Euro - TORRE DOS CLERIGOS - PORTO
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents an engraved view of the Torre dos Clérigos baroque bell tower in Porto, set against a lilac guilloche underprint. The large zero numeral appears at left alongside the EU flag and EUROSOUVENIER inscription, with a holographic EuroSouvenir logo at upper right. Serial number prefix MEDM and the facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., appear at lower right. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ TORREDEBELEM DASBRANENBUGERTOR COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The Torre dos Clérigos souvenir series sits in an odd corner of numismatic collecting — zero-denomination notes have no legal tender status anywhere, yet Oberthur Fiduciaire produces them to the same security specifications as circulating currency, hologram included. The EuroSouvenir program was formalized around 2015 and has since expanded aggressively across European tourist sites, with each note tied contractually to a single location and print run.
Oberthur's involvement matters here. The Tours-based firm has printed currency for over 70 countries; applying that infrastructure to a souvenir item is commercially rational but gives these notes a technical authenticity that purely decorative tourist items lack.