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0 Memo Euro - Hugo de Groot
| Issuer | Euro Scope / Oude en Nieuwe Kerk Delft |
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| Year | 2020 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | © MEM OEU ROS COPE 2018 EAAA184/2 MEMO EURO SCOPE HUGO DE GROOT 1583 - 1645 OUDE EN NIEUWE KERK DELFT - GODSHUIZEN SINDS 1246 euroscope |
| Reverse description | The reverse is anchored by a large central greyscale engraving of the tomb monument of Hugo de Groot within the Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, flanked by the church's Gothic stained-glass windows. A standard Memo Euro green guilloche underprint frames the entire composition, with the denomination zero rendered within a bicolour circular device at lower right and the EU star ring at upper left. The inscription GRAFMONUMENT HUGO DE GROOT / NIEUWE KERK DELFT is set in the lower margin. |
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Memo euros are souvenir issues with no monetary value, sold as collector pieces tied to specific institutions or commemorations. This one was produced for the Oude en Nieuwe Kerk in Delft, where Hugo de Groot — better known internationally as Hugo Grotius — was baptized in 1583 and whose tomb remains in the Nieuwe Kerk. Enschedé printed it, which is worth noting: the Haarlem firm has been producing security documents since 1703 and still prints Netherlands passports, so the production values here exceed what the zero denomination might suggest.