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0 euro - ABBAYE DU MONT-SAINT-MICHEL
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir / Centre des Monuments Nationaux |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a detailed engraved view of Mont-Saint-Michel abbey rising from its tidal island, rendered in purple-violet tones against a pale guilloche underprint. To the left, a large intaglio zero numeral is flanked by the EU flag and a ring of twelve gold stars, with the date '2015-3' printed vertically alongside. The lower portion carries the 'EURO SOUVENIR' logotype in multicolour, a facsimile signature of R. Faille (C.E.O., UEBF), and the inscription 'CENTRE DES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX' alongside a serial number in the series UEBF. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries four architectural vignettes representing iconic French UNESCO World Heritage monuments: the Pont du Gard aqueduct, Mont-Saint-Michel abbey, the Eiffel Tower, and the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral. The designs are printed in purple-violet tones over a fine guilloche underprint, with the denomination '0€' and 'EURO SOUVENIR' lettering integrated into the layout. |
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The 0 euro souvenir series launched in France in 2015 under a licensing arrangement with the European Central Bank, which permits the "euro" denomination and design format on collector items provided they carry a face value of zero — making them legal in appearance but never legal tender. Oberthur's Rennes facility, which prints genuine euro banknotes for the Banque de France, handled production, giving these souvenirs the same substrate and holographic security strip found on circulating notes.
Mont-Saint-Michel was among the inaugural release sites. The series proved far more commercially successful than anyone anticipated.