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0 Euro - Gérardmer - Hautes Vosges
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | GÉRARDMER HAUTES-VOSGES EUROSOUVENIR 2016-1 0 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R.FAILLE C.E.O. UEEQ |
| Reverse description | Composite vignette of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note, including the Brandenburg Gate, Big Ben, the Colosseum, the Eiffel Tower, the Sagrada Família, and the Manneken Pis statue, set against a fine guilloche underprint. The "EURO SOUV ENIR" logotype appears at lower right with the printer's inscription below. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note program was launched in France in 2016 by Richard Faille, who correctly wagered that the collector instinct — and the ECB's legal tolerance for denominations with no monetary value — could sustain a commercial novelty market. Oberthur Fiduciaire produced these to full banknote specification, including the security thread and intaglio printing, which is precisely why they sell: the paper feels like real money because technically it is, just worth none of it.
Gérardmer, a lakeside resort town in the southern Vosges, was among the earliest municipalities to license an issue in that inaugural year.