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0 Euro Pope Benedict XVI
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Souvenir banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | POPE BENEDICT XVI EUROSOUVENIR 2022-2 0 BENEDICTUS PP XVI 19 28 APRILE FEBBRAIO 2005 2013 EURO SOUV ENIR COOPERATORES VERITATIS R. FAILLE C.E.O. SEEK ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with six European architectural vignettes arranged across the note: Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, Lisbon's Belém Tower, Paris's Eiffel Tower, Rome's Colosseum, Barcelona's Sagrada Família, and Brussels' Manneken-Pis. The Mona Lisa portrait appears at right, with the denomination 0€ and EuroSouvenir logotype beneath. |
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Benedict XVI died on 31 December 2022, making this souvenir note — issued during that same year — an inadvertent memorial piece. The 0 Euro souvenir program, licensed through the European Central Bank and distributed primarily through tourist venues and philatelic shops, had no way of anticipating the timing. Notes bearing his likeness were already in circulation before his death at Castel Gandolfo.
Oberthur Fiduciaire produces the entire 0 Euro souvenir series under controlled conditions, with genuine security features to discourage counterfeiting of what is, technically, a collectible with no monetary value whatsoever.