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0 Euro - Viaduc de Millau
| Issuer | Oberthur Fiduciaire |
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| Year | 2016 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse description | Composite vignette of six European architectural landmarks — the Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, the Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — arranged across the note. A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right portion. Denomination '0 €' appears at upper left with 'IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE' along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR BIGBEN COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero euro souvenir note program was launched by the European Banknote Memory Organization (EBMO) in 2015, with Oberthur Fiduciaire holding the printing contract. They are legal in the sense that they bear no counterfeit risk — no government has ever declared them illegal tender, because they were never tender at all. The Millau Viaduct issue is among the earliest in the series.
The viaduct itself opened in December 2004, designed by Michel Virlogeux and Norman Foster. At the time of completion, its tallest pier stood higher than the Eiffel Tower.