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1 000 000 Euros Famous Footballers 2010, Zinedine Zidane
| Issuer | Living Waters EU |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Value | 1 000 000 Euros (1 000 000) |
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| Obverse lettering | 1,000,000 FRA ABC DEF GHI JKL 2010 1,000,000 1,000,000 EURO EYPΩ ZINEDINE ZIDANE 1,000,000 |
| Reverse description | The upper-left quadrant carries a row of eight caricature portraits of well-known footballers, each identified below by a numeral and name, accompanied by their respective national flags. The face value of 1,000,000 appears in all four corners with the currency name EURO in Latin script, set against a background geographical outline of Europe overlaid with EU stars and inset boxes for the Canary Islands and French overseas territories. Two matching serial numbers are printed horizontally, one at the lower left and one at the upper right, while the right portion of the note is occupied by an extended evangelical text in French posing the titular "1 million Euro question," with a disclaimer against littering and a statement of no monetary value along the left edge. |
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A novelty item, not a banknote. "Living Waters EU" is a Christian evangelism organization that produces fake high-denomination euro notes — printed to resemble genuine euro design conventions closely enough to attract attention — which are then distributed as gospel tracts. The reverse carries a religious message. Several EU member states have investigated or prosecuted distributors for causing public confusion, and the European Central Bank has repeatedly had to clarify that no €1,000,000 denomination exists or has ever been authorized.
The Zidane branding places this in a 2010 World Cup tie-in run.