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0 Euro - Východoslovenské múzeum v Košiciach
| Issuer | Východoslovenské múzeum v Košiciach (East Slovak Museum in Košice) |
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| Year | 2018-2019 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Francis II Rákóczi (1676–1735), Prince of Transylvania and leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising, at centre-left, with multilingual inscriptions referencing his memorial house in Rodosto. The zero-denomination value numeral appears twice in guilloche underprint, flanked by the EUROSOUVENIR and EEAP legends. |
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| Obverse lettering | VÝCHODOSLOVENSKÉ MÚZEUM V KOŠICIACH EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 RODOŠTO Pamätný dom Františka II. Rákocziho II. Rákóczi Ferenc Emlékház Memorial House of Francis II Rákoczi 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. EEAP |
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The souvenir zero-euro note program, administered through Oberthur Fiduciaire under license from the ECB, has produced hundreds of institutional issues across Europe since 2015. This example was commissioned by the East Slovak Museum in Košice — one of the oldest museums in Slovakia, founded in 1872 — as a retail collectible rather than a circulating instrument. It carries no monetary function whatsoever, but is technically legal tender in denomination only, a legal quirk that allows the format to exist without constituting counterfeiting or unauthorized issuance.
Košice held the title of European Capital of Culture in 2013, and the museum benefited from substantial infrastructure investment during that period.