Catalog
0 Pound - William Shakespeare
| Issuer | GBAR (Zero Pound souvenir note issuer) |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 2023-1 0 26th April 1564 - 23rd April 1616 Zero Pound R. FAILLE C.E.O. GBAR ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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| Reverse lettering | £0 DASBRANENBUGERTOR BIG BEN COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE Zero Pound |
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The zero-denomination souvenir note occupies a curious niche — legally unburdened by currency regulations yet deliberately aping the visual grammar of real banknotes. GBAR has leaned into this by commissioning Oberthur Fiduciaire, a printer with genuine central bank clients, giving the piece a substrate and security-feature finish well above the novelty end of the market.
R. Faille signs as C.E.O. — a nod to the fictional officialdom these notes parody.