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0 Euro Opéra Garnier
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir (UEAS) |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | OPÉRA GARNIER 2024-2 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R.FAILLE C.E.O. UEAS |
| Reverse description | The standard Euro Souvenir reverse carries vignettes of four iconic French heritage sites arranged across the note: the Pont du Gard aqueduct, Mont Saint-Michel, the Eiffel Tower, and Notre-Dame de Paris, all set over a fine guilloche underprint in blue and purple tones. The denomination '0€' and series identification are printed at left. |
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The zero euro souvenir note program launched in France in 2015, with the Opéra Garnier among the inaugural subjects. These notes are legal tender in the technical sense — they carry a face value and were issued under UEAS authorization — but no one has ever spent one, which is precisely the point. The entire series was designed as a collectible from conception, a format that sidesteps counterfeiting concerns entirely by making the nominal value worthless as currency.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produced the printing, applying the same security features used on circulating issues — a deliberate choice that adds credibility to the souvenir market.