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0 Euro - Milan Rastislav Štefánik pilot edition
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with a composite vignette of iconic European architectural landmarks — including the Eiffel Tower, Sagrada Família, Colosseum, Brandenburg Gate, Torre de Belém, and Manneken Pis — arranged across a lilac and orange guilloche underprint. The large zero with euro sign appears at upper left, with the EURO SOUVENIR logo cartouche at lower right. |
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| Protection description | Overprint mark; microprint; hologram strip; multicoloured security background guilloche; UV-reactive protective elements; tactile touch zone for the visually impaired |
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The 0 euro souvenir program was formalized under a licensing arrangement with the European Central Bank, which permits the notes to carry the euro design framework provided they bear a face value of zero — rendering them legally non-monetary and exempt from counterfeiting statutes. Oberthur Fiduciaire prints them to full banknote specification anyway, with genuine security thread, watermark, and hologram strip, which is precisely what makes them attractive to collectors who want the feel of a circulating note without the fiction of it being one.
Štefánik — Slovak general, astronomer, and co-founder of Czechoslovakia — died in a plane crash in 1919, the same year the new state he helped create was barely months old. The pilot edition designation indicates this was among the first pressings of the design, typically produced in smaller quantities before the main commercial run.