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| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017-2019 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse description | Vignette at centre-right of a portrait of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart superimposed over the façade of the Mozarthaus in Salzburg, with musical staves and a treble clef as underprint. The large intaglio numeral '0' appears at centre-left, flanked by the EU flag and the EURO SOUVENIR logo in the lower left quadrant. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN PIS IMPRIME PAR OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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EuroSouvenir notes occupy a curious regulatory niche: they are issued under a legal framework that permits officially styled euro-format collector pieces without infringing on ECB currency law, provided the face value is zero. Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the major European security printers, produces the series under contract, which is why the physical quality — security thread, intaglio feel, UV-reactive elements — matches genuine euro banknote production standards more closely than most collectors expect from a souvenir item.
The Mozarthaus in Salzburg, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756, became one of the early confirmed subjects in the tourist-oriented series, with issue dates spanning 2017 to 2019.