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0 Euro - Zoo des Sables d'Olonne
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents three of the zoo's emblematic animals — a tiger, a giraffe, and a leopard — arranged in a vibrant multicolour composition against a naturalistic background. The upper left carries the institution's name and founding date, with the denomination and series inscription distributed across the lower portion of the note. The design is attributed to R. Faille and bears the issuing reference C.E.O. UEVX alongside the EUROSOUVENIR 2025-2 series designation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ZOO DES SABLES D'OLONNE DEPUIS 1975 EUROSOUVENIR 2025-2 0 EURO SOUVENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UEVX |
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The zero euro souvenir note is a French invention that has become a minor collector phenomenon since its introduction around 2015, sold at tourist sites as licensed memorabilia rather than legal tender — the European Central Bank permits the format precisely because the face value eliminates any monetary function. Oberthur Fiduciaire produces the series under strict ECB security specifications, meaning genuine banknote paper and intaglio printing go into something explicitly designed never to circulate.
Zoo des Sables d'Olonne sits on the Atlantic coast of the Vendée. The 2025 date makes this among the more recent issues in what is now an enormous and fragmented series numbering in the thousands of distinct notes.