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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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| Currency | Euro (1999-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette is a caricature of French footballer Zinedine Zidane, with his name inscribed alongside the illustration; a ring of European Union stars frames the portrait in the manner of the standard euro banknote motif. The face value of 1,000,000 appears in each corner in varying typographic treatments, with the currency name rendered in both Latin (EURO) and Greek (EYPΩ) scripts. In place of the customary ECB initials, the country abbreviation FRA is printed, followed by an alphabetic sequence A–L and the year 2010, while the EU flag is positioned at the upper left. |
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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 |
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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.