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0 Memo Euro - Royal Delft
| Issuer | EuroScope |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries two architectural vignettes: at left, the original factory premises at Oosteinde, Delft, in use from 1653 to 1916; at right, the current main building on Rotterdamseweg, occupied since 1916. Inscriptions below each vignette identify the respective periods of operation. |
| Reverse lettering | MEMO EURO SCOPE € 0 Fabriek van de Porceleyne Fles aan het Oosteinde Delft 1653-1916 Rotterdamseweg 1916 - heden (Translation: Factory of the porceleyne bottle at the Oosteinde Delft 1653-1916 Rotterdamseweg 1916 - present) |
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EuroScope's "Memo Euro" series occupies an odd corner of notaphily — privately issued, zero-denomination novelty notes produced to showcase printing craftsmanship rather than facilitate any transaction. Royal Joh. Enschedé, printing continuously in Haarlem since 1703, has produced genuine Dutch and Netherlands Antilles currency for centuries; the Memo Euro series effectively turns that same press into a vehicle for promotional and collectible work.
The Royal Delft edition ties to Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles, the only surviving 17th-century Delftware manufacturer, still operating in Delft today. Enschedé's security printing techniques — intaglio, watermarked paper — applied to a souvenir piece is the actual point of interest here.