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0 Euro - Marseille - Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde Le beffroi
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Reverse description | Four vignettes of celebrated French monuments — the Pont du Gard, Mont Saint-Michel, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame de Paris — arranged across the note. A portrait of the Mona Lisa occupies the right side. The denomination '0 EURO' and SOUVENIR inscription appear in the underprint design. |
| Reverse lettering | 0€ 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir note format was introduced in France in 2015 by Richard Faille, targeting the tourist trade as a legally denominated but non-circulating collectible. Oberthur Fiduciaire printed the series using genuine euro-specification security paper and intaglio techniques — the same production standards applied to circulating currency — which is precisely what makes them attractive to collectors and nearly impossible to counterfeit convincingly.
Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde sits on Marseille's highest natural point, 162 metres above sea level. The belfry referenced in the title was completed in 1853, two years before the basilica itself.