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0 Memo Euro - Wien - Kahlenberg
| Issuer | Euro Scope GmbH |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Size | 140 x 77 mm |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries portrait vignettes of King of Poland Johann III Sobieski and Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire Kara Mustafa Pascha, commemorating the Battle of Vienna fought at Kahlenberg Mountain on 12 September 1683. A fine guilloche underprint in green tones frames the central composition, with the MEMO Euro Scope logo and catalogue reference EAAA175/1 inscribed below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a panoramic cityscape vignette of Vienna rendered in olive-green intaglio-style line engraving, incorporating St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Donauturm, the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel, the Karlskirche, Vienna City Hall, and a heraldic shield at right. The denomination "0" appears in large numerals with a multicolour star device at lower right, with the EU star circle in yellow at upper left. |
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Euro Scope GmbH, an Austrian firm, has produced a series of "Memo Euro" souvenir notes — zero-denomination pieces intended as collectibles and gifts rather than any form of currency. Enschedé in Haarlem is an unusual choice for such material; the Dutch security printer has an unbroken operational record stretching back to 1703 and has produced stamps and banknotes for governments worldwide, making their involvement here a small curiosity. The commission almost certainly reflects a desire for genuine security printing quality — Enschedé's intaglio work is immediately recognizable to any experienced collector.