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0 Euro Pope John XXIII
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Pope John XXIII rendered in intaglio style, raising his right hand in a papal blessing, with Saint Peter's Basilica in the lower right background. A large numeral '0' occupies the left-centre, flanked by a guilloche underprint in pastel tones with EU stars border. The papal motto OBOEDENTIA ET PAX appears beneath the portrait. |
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| Reverse lettering | 0€ DAS BRANDENBURGER TOR TORRE DE BELEM COLOSSEO LA TOUR EIFFEL SAGRADA FAMILIA MANNEKEN-PIS PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE MADE IN FRANCE 0 EURO SOUV ENIR |
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The zero-euro souvenir series, managed by the European Central Bank–licensed Euro Souvenir program and printed by Oberthur Fiduciaire, began in 2015 as a formally sanctioned collectible — legal in the sense that counterfeiting prohibitions don't apply to a denomination of zero, a quiet loophole the issuer exploits freely. Oberthur prints them with the same security features as circulating euro banknotes, including the EURion constellation and UV-reactive inks, which makes them genuinely difficult to reproduce illicitly despite their novelty status.
Angelo Roncalli was canonized by Francis in April 2014, alongside John Paul II — an unusual dual canonization that generated considerable attention. This note followed eight years later.