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0 Euro Spécimen, 2017 Belém Tower reverse
| Issuer | Eurozone |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Standard Euro Souvenir obverse with a light multicolour guilloche underprint in shades of lavender, pink, and gold. The European Union flag appears at upper left, flanked by a large bold zero numeral at centre; a holographic-style foil element occupies the upper right corner. The diagonal red overprint SPECIMEN runs across the face, with the EURO SOUVENIR logotype and the CEO signature of R. Faille at lower centre-right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries vignettes of six iconic European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Belém Tower (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken Pis (Brussels), set against a decorative guilloche background. A reproduction of the Mona Lisa portrait appears at the right. The printer's name and denomination are inscribed along the lower border. |
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Launched in 2017 by Oberthur Fiduciaire, the zero-euro souvenir note program was a commercial curiosity from the start — legal tender in name only, face value literally nothing, sold retail for several euros apiece at tourist sites and cultural institutions across France and beyond. The Belém Tower issue belongs to a Portuguese-themed subset that exploited the genuine-security-feature appeal of real euro-format printing: same paper, same intaglio feel, same UV-reactive elements as circulating currency, which is precisely why collectors and tourists bought them.
No monetary function, no redemption value. The legal basis rested on a European Central Bank non-objection rather than formal authorization.