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0 Euro - Arc De Triomphe - Paris
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir / Centre des Monuments Nationaux |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, rendered in fine intaglio-style engraving over a polychrome guilloche underprint in violet and gold tones. To the left, a large intaglio zero numeral is set beside the EuroSouvenir logo incorporating the European Union flag with twelve gold stars, dated 2022-2. The inscription CENTRE DES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX appears at lower centre, with the serial number and a facsimile signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., at lower right; the legend EUROSOUVENIR repeats along both vertical borders. |
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| Obverse lettering | ARC DE TRIOMPHE - PARIS EUROSOUVENIR 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. CENTRE DES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX UEBE123456 |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program launched in France in 2015, with the Arc de Triomphe among the inaugural subjects issued through the Centre des Monuments Nationaux. These notes are printed to full De La Rue-specification security standards — genuine intaglio printing, embedded security thread, UV-reactive inks — making them among the most expensively produced collectibles ever sold as pure souvenirs. Oberthur Fiduciaire brought the same production discipline applied to circulating currency.
They have no legal tender status anywhere, a fact the ECB was careful to establish before the first notes shipped to tourist sites.