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0 Euro - Douro Vinhateiro
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Vignette of the Alto Douro wine-growing terraces rendered in purple-violet tones, with a bunch of ripe grapes in the foreground and rolling vineyard rows receding to the horizon. To the left, a large guilloche zero and the EU flag with the date code 2018-1; the EURO SOUVENIR inscription appears at lower centre alongside the R. Faille C.E.O. facsimile signature. |
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| Obverse lettering | ALTO DOURO VINHATEIRO EUROSOUVENIR 2018-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. MEAH |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a strange niche — legal in format but worthless by design, produced under license from the European Central Bank and sold as collectibles. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major security printers behind actual euro banknotes, produces these, which gives them genuine technical credibility even if their monetary value is precisely zero.
The Douro Vinhateiro refers to the Alto Douro Wine Region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001 and one of the oldest demarcated wine regions in the world, predating the 1756 Marquis of Pombal designation by several centuries in viticultural practice.