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0 Euro - Les Châteaux de la Loire
| Issuer | European Central Bank (ECB) |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Reverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir reverse with vignettes of six emblematic European monuments: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). The portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right, with the "0 EURO SOUVENIR" denomination panel at lower right. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ TORREDEBELEM DASBRANDENBURGERTOR COLOSSEO LATOUREIFFEL SAGRADAFAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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Zero-euro souvenir notes have no legal tender status and are issued purely for the collector and tourist trade, but they are printed to full security specifications — Oberthur Fiduciaire produces them on the same equipment and with the same intaglio techniques used for circulating euro banknotes. The Loire Valley châteaux theme has appeared across multiple souvenir issues, each carrying a unique serial number and EURion constellation, which means they trigger counterfeit detection software in photocopiers despite being worth nothing as currency.