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0 Euro - Zoo Leipzig
| Issuer | Germany, Federal Republic of |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Size | 135 × 74 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO LEIPZIG 2024 EUROSOUVENIR 2024-8 EURO SOUVENIR KOALAHAUS R. FAILLE C.E.O. XEAH |
| Reverse description | The standard Euro Souvenir programme reverse carries engraved vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Belém Tower (Lisbon), the Colosseum (Rome), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis statue (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa appears at the right edge, and the denomination 0€ is stated at upper left alongside the printer's imprint at lower centre. |
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Zoo Leipzig, founded in 1878, is one of Germany's oldest zoological gardens and has leaned hard into its "City of Animals" branding for decades. The 0 Euro souvenir note program, administered through EuroBanknote Memory and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire in France, has produced hundreds of these collector pieces since around 2015 — each technically worthless as tender but sold at a premium directly to tourists. Leipzig's zoo entry is one of several German zoological institutions to commission one.
The watermark is the sole security feature, a deliberate nod to genuine banknote production that keeps the souvenir format credible without triggering counterfeiting regulations.