Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
0 Euro - Villa Savoye
| Issuer | Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN), France |
|---|---|
| Year | 2023-2026 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | VILLA SAVOYE EUROSOUVENIR 2023-1 CENTRE DES MONUMENTS NATIONAUX 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEVN ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Reverse description | Generic Eurosouvenier reverse with vignettes of six European landmarks — Brandenburg Gate, Belém Tower, Eiffel Tower, Colosseum, Sagrada Família, and Manneken-Pis — arranged across the face, with a reproduction of the Mona Lisa at right and denomination "0 €" in the upper left corner. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
The zero-euro souvenir note program, administered by the CMN and EAS (Euro Banknote Service), operates on a simple premise: Oberthur prints genuine security paper with genuine intaglio printing, but the denomination renders it legally worthless as currency. That technical authenticity is precisely what the collector market pays for. Oberthur has produced French banknotes since the nineteenth century, so the production pedigree is not trivial.
Villa Savoye, a pilgrimage site for architecture students, was completed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1931 and fell into severe disrepair before the French state classified and rescued it in the 1960s — narrowly avoiding demolition during the Poissy municipal expansion.