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0 Euro SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart
| Issuer | Euro Banknote Memory |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | The central vignette presents the SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart in intaglio-style purple and red tones set against a multicolour guilloche underprint in lavender, yellow, and pink. The large denomination numeral '0' occupies the left field alongside the EU flag vignette with a circle of gold stars and the date '2024-1'. The inscription 'SWR FERNSEHTURM STUTTGART – DER ERSTE DER WELT – SEIT 1956' runs across the upper margin, with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' legend and a facsimile signature of R. FAILLE, C.E.O. in the lower right. |
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| Reverse description | A panoramic composite vignette spanning approximately two-thirds of the note from the left illustrates iconic European architectural landmarks — including the Torre de Belém, the Eiffel Tower, the Colosseum, and the Sagrada Família — rendered in overlapping purple and ochre tones on a lavender guilloche underprint. The denomination '0€' appears in the upper left corner, with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' legend at the lower right. A faint portrait watermark ghost is visible at the far right margin. |
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The zero-euro souvenir note exists entirely outside the monetary system — it is legal in the EU precisely because it carries no face value, sidestepping regulations that govern actual currency reproduction. Euro Banknote Memory, the French company that dominates this niche, produces these for tourist sites and regional broadcasters across Europe, each run typically limited and serially numbered to give collectors a reason to care about one edition over another.
The SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart, opened in 1956, was the world's first television tower built from reinforced concrete — a distinction that still matters to engineers and broadcasting historians alike.