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0 Euro - Cyprus divine roots
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 0 Euro |
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| Obverse description | At left, a 3,000-year-old cross-shaped idol from Pomos — an ancient Cypriot symbol of abundance — is rendered as the central vignette, flanked by an 8th–6th century BC wine vessel bearing a stylized fish motif and, at right, the marble statue of Aphrodite of Soloi, both from the Archaeological Museum of Nicosia. A cartographic underprint of the island of Cyprus fills the background. The face value "0 EURO" appears in large numerals with the "EUROSOUVENIR" legend and serial reference "2025 - 1" inscribed across the note. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six iconic European monuments arranged across the design: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. A portrait of the Mona Lisa is placed at right. The face value "0€" and the names of each monument appear as inscribed legends across the note, with the printer's imprint at lower center. |
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EuroSouvenir's zero-denomination tourist notes occupy a peculiar niche — legal in production because they carry no face value and therefore fall outside European Central Bank monetary regulations, yet printed to full banknote specification by Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the continent's serious security printers. The format was established around 2015 and has since expanded into a sprawling souvenir franchise sold at museums, heritage sites, and tourist attractions across the eurozone.
Oberthur's involvement is the only technically interesting detail here. The same facility in Chantepie that has produced currency for dozens of sovereign issuers is turning out gift-shop novelties — a neat illustration of how security printing contracts have diversified in the low-cash economy.