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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Currency | Euro (2009-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | AUREL STODOLA (1859-1942) EUROSOUVENIR 2018 - 1 0 0 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KOŠICE EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. EEBD |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a composite vignette of six celebrated European landmarks arranged across the note: the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Tower of Belém (Lisbon), the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa occupies the right portion of the design. The printer's imprint of Oberthur Fiduciaire and the denomination '0 EURO' appear within the lettering field. |
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Aurel Stodola (1859–1942) was a Slovak-born engineer whose theoretical work on steam and gas turbines underpinned much of twentieth-century turbomachinery design — his 1903 textbook remained a standard reference for decades. The choice to commemorate him on a souvenir euro is unusual; most EuroSouvenir issues favor landscapes or monuments over scientists, and Stodola is not especially well known outside engineering circles.
Printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire under the EuroSouvenir program, which licenses the euro format for officially tolerated novelty issues carrying no legal tender status. Oberthur's security printing infrastructure is used regardless, meaning the paper and production standards are broadly comparable to circulating notes.