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| Issuer | Souvenir Banknote |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LAUREL & HARDY LICENSED BY HARRY HARMON PICTURES CORP L&H SEAL 1997LHPC 2024-1 0 Laurel and Hardy TM Laurel and Hardy TM L&H photo © CCA Distributed by Beta Film GmbH EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. FELH ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DASBRANENBUGERTOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The 0 Euro souvenir series, produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire under a licensing arrangement with the European Central Bank, has operated since 2015 as a legal-curiosity novelty — technically denominated, formally printed on banknote-grade paper by a security printer with genuine currency contracts, but with no redemption value and no issuing central bank behind it. The ECB permits the format under the condition that the zero denomination makes monetary confusion impossible.
Laurel and Hardy are an odd fit for a euro-denominated souvenir — both men were American-based, neither British-born Hardy nor English-born Laurel had meaningful connection to the eurozone. The choice reflects commercial appetite rather than any cultural or historical logic.