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0 Euro - Imrich Karvaš
| Issuer | Eurosouvenirs (European Souvenir Banknote Association) |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Centre-left vignette of Prof. JUDr. Imrich Karvaš (1903–1981) in portrait, with a view of the Ekonomická Univerzita v Bratislave building to the right. The denomination '0' appears in large numerals with EUROSOUVENIR and the commemorative dates 1940–2020 inscribed across the face. |
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| Reverse description | Standard Eurosouvenirs reverse with six European architectural vignettes: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). A reproduction of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with '0 EURO' in large numerals. |
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Imrich Karvaš served as governor of the National Bank of Slovakia during the wartime Slovak State, walking an increasingly precarious line between nominal cooperation with the Nazi-aligned government and quiet obstruction of its economic demands. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 following the Slovak National Uprising and deported to a concentration camp — an unusual fate for a central banker, and a measure of how seriously the Germans took his interference.
The zero-euro souvenir format, administered under ESNA licensing and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, carries legal tender status in EU law despite having no assigned circulation value — a technicality that gives these collector issues their formal standing.