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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse carrying intaglio vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the note, with a portrait of the Mona Lisa at right. Multicolour guilloche underprint frames the composition, with the printer's imprint at lower centre. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Marvão's hilltop castle, perched near the Spanish border in Alto Alentejo, is the subject of this 2018 souvenir zero-euro note — one of several hundred regional and cultural subjects commissioned through the EuroSouvenir program, which began in France around 2015 before expanding across Europe. Oberthur Fiduciaire printed the series using genuine banknote-grade security features, including a holographic strip and microprinting, making these the only legally produced zero-denomination notes with full ECB-standard production behind them. The legal tender question is deliberately sidestepped: the European Central Bank tolerates the format precisely because no denomination means no monetary obligation.