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0 Euro Reichsburg Cochem
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Reichsburg Cochem castle perched on a hillside with surrounding trees, rendered in duotone reddish-brown and grey tones. The EU flag appears at upper left, a large guilloche zero in the centre-left, and a holographic foil element at upper right, with the series code 2017-1 inscribed vertically. |
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| Reverse description | Six vignettes of iconic European landmarks arranged across the note — the Brandenburg Gate, Belem Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken Pis — with a portrait of the Mona Lisa at right. The denomination 0€ appears at upper left against a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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The EuroSouvenir 0 Euro program launched in France in 2016 as a licensed novelty scheme, with Oberthur Fiduciaire producing the notes to genuine euro security specifications — watermark, hologram strip, the works — despite the face value rendering them legally worthless. The paradox is intentional: by meeting the technical standards of circulating currency while carrying a denomination of zero, they sidestep counterfeiting law entirely.
Reichsburg Cochem, the Moselle castle that inspired this particular issue, is itself a 19th-century reconstruction — the original was razed by French forces under Louis XIV in 1689.