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0 franc - Genève
| Issuer | City of Geneva (Souvenir issue) |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a boat crossing a river with a panoramic city view and the iconic Jet d'Eau water fountain in the background; the Geneva cantonal coat of arms appears at right. Denomination '0' and city name 'GENÈVE' are printed in the upper field alongside the series identifier '2019-2'. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes arranged across the note each representing a celebrated European landmark: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Tower of Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). The printer's imprint appears in the lower margin. |
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Geneva's 2019 zero-franc note is a souvenir issue with no monetary value and no pretense of having any — the denomination itself is the joke. Oberthur Fiduciaire, which prints legitimate currency for numerous central banks, produced it to the same security-paper standards as circulating notes, which is partly the point: the tactile authenticity is what makes it worth owning.
Geneva is not alone in this format — Swiss cantons and municipalities have used commemorative zero-value notes as controlled collectibles since at least the 1990s, essentially treating banknote-format printing as a medium for civic promotion.