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0 Pound - Bath Abbey - Somerset
| Issuer | Zero Pound Note Company |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BATH ABBEY - SOMERSET 2022-2 0 Complete in 1611 Zero Pound R. FAILLE C.E.O. GBAD ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European monuments arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Big Ben (London), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right side, with monument name inscriptions integrated into the guilloche underprint. |
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The Zero Pound Note Company produces these as licensed novelty items with no face value and no legal tender status anywhere — they exist purely as collectibles and tourist souvenirs. What makes this series mildly interesting to a serious collector is the choice of printer: Oberthur Fiduciaire in France, a security printing house responsible for genuine circulating currency across multiple continents. The paper and print quality are consequently higher than most souvenir note producers bother with.
The single signatory, R. Faille, appears across the company's range regardless of subject — the name is a running joke, "faille" being French for "fault" or "flaw."