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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | CUEVAS DEL DRACH - MALLORCA EUROSOUVENIR 2023-1 EURO SOUVENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. VEGP |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUVENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a legal grey area that consistently surprises collectors: they are genuine banknote-specification paper items produced by licensed security printers, but they carry no monetary value and are explicitly prohibited from circulating as currency under EU regulation. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the few firms trusted to print actual euro notes, produces these on the same equipment and substrate standards — which is precisely why they feel indistinguishable from real currency in the hand.
The Cuevas del Drach series targets one of Mallorca's most-visited geological sites, a cave system whose underground lake was formally surveyed by Édouard-Alfred Martel in 1896. The watermark inclusion is a deliberate Oberthur choice, maintaining security printer discipline even on a souvenir product.