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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents four zoo animals: a black-tailed tapir, a ring-tailed lemur, an African penguin, and a Malayan tiger, rendered in multicolour intaglio-style print. The denomination '0 EURO' appears in the lower field alongside the EUROSOUVENIR inscription. Issuer code 'CZAE' and facsimile signature of R. Faille as C.E.O. are printed at lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM EUROSOUVENIR 2019 - 1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. CZAE |
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The EuroSouvenir program, launched under informal arrangement with the European Central Bank, permits zero-denomination collector notes to circulate as tourist keepsakes without legal tender status — a loophole that required careful negotiation to avoid misrepresenting the euro. Zoo Ústí nad Labem, situated on a basalt ridge above the Elbe, is one of the older Czech zoological institutions, founded in 1908. Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement lends these souvenirs genuine security-print credentials — the same French house that produces official banknotes for multiple sovereign states.