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0 Euro Zoo Dortmund
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir / Lansen & Lansen |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Printer | Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of four animal portrait heads — jaguar (centre), giraffe (lower left), meerkat (upper centre), and zebra (right) — rendered in purple-toned intaglio-style print against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The large denomination numeral "0" appears at left, flanked by the EU flag with series code 2018-1, and the "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype at lower centre. Signature of R. Faille, C.E.O., with serial prefix XECQ at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette composed of six European landmark illustrations: the Eiffel Tower (Paris), the Colosseum (Rome), the Torre de Belém (Lisbon), the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), the Sagrada Família basilica (Barcelona), and the Manneken Pis fountain figure (Brussels). Each monument is labelled in its respective language against a multicolour guilloche underprint, with the "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype and "0€" denomination at left. |
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The 0 Euro souvenir series was launched in 2015 by Richard Faille's company Lansen & Lansen, operating under the EuroSouvenir brand, as a licensed novelty product printed to European Central Bank security specifications — genuine Oberthur Fiduciaire paper, intaglio printing, and embedded security features — despite carrying no legal tender status anywhere. Oberthur's involvement is not cosmetic; these notes are produced on the same equipment and to the same physical standards as circulating currency.
Dortmund Zoo, founded in 1953, is among the larger municipal zoos in Germany. The Faille signature appearing on these notes is that of the scheme's originator, not a central bank governor.