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0 Memo Euro - Pairi Daiza The Enchanted Kingdom of Animals
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| Printer | Royal Joh. Enschedé (Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé, Johan Enschede en Zonen), Haarlem, Netherlands (1703-date) |
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| Obverse description | The left portion of the note carries a large teal numeral '0' set against a pale lilac ground, flanked at upper left by the EU flag motif and at lower left by two circular guilloche rosettes in blue. The central vignette presents an intaglio rendering of the Pairi Daiza park entrance, a grand glass-and-iron conservatory façade with arched colonnades, surmounted by a semicircular dome; a decorative rockwork fountain with animal sculptures occupies the foreground. The 'MEMO EURO SCOPE' logotype appears in bold letterpress at lower centre, with the park name and subtitle 'The Enchanted Kingdom of Animals' inscribed across the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a richly detailed intaglio vignette of wildlife set within a naturalistic landscape of trees and foliage, rendered in teal and green tones on a pale yellow-green underprint. A central medallion bearing the inscription 'PAIRI DAIZA' is surrounded by engraved figures of a lion, hippopotami, elephants with a mahout, birds, and a heron in the lower foreground. The serial number prefix 'EAAF008/3' appears vertically along the left edge, the numeral serial number at upper right, and the 'MEMO EURO SCOPE' logotype is repeated at lower left alongside the blue '0' denomination numeral at lower right. |
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Pairi Daiza, the Belgian zoo and botanical garden in Brugelette, has become one of the more prolific subjects in the Memo Euro novelty series — this is not a banknote and carries no monetary value, but Enschedé's production quality is genuine. The Haarlem firm has printed legal tender for dozens of sovereign states across three centuries, and their security printing infrastructure is fully deployed here regardless of the piece's commemorative-only status.
Collectors should note that Memo Euro items printed by Enschedé are often indistinguishable in paper and print quality from actual circulating issues — a deliberate choice by the issuer.