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0 Euro - Zoo de la Barben
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO DE LA BARBEN EUROSOUVENIR 2024-2 0 EURO SOUVENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UERP |
| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse with vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels), all set within a multicolour guilloche underprint. A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa portrait appears to the right. Printer and country of manufacture inscriptions are placed along the lower margin. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note has become a minor industry in France since Oberthur Fiduciaire and Richard Faille's European Banknote Memory launched the format in 2015. Zoo de la Barben, one of the oldest zoological parks in France — operating near Salon-de-Provence since 1971 and tracing its animal collections back to the early twentieth century — is among several hundred attractions that have commissioned site-specific issues. These notes carry no monetary value and are not legal tender; they circulate entirely as collectibles sold on-site at a fixed retail price.
Oberthur prints them to genuine banknote specification, including security thread and UV-reactive elements, which is precisely the point of the format's appeal.