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| Issuer | Förderverein Rheinisches Freilichtmuseum Kommern e.V. |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in shades of green on a pale yellow-green underprint with guilloche wave pattern, the obverse carries a large numeral '0' composed of repeated 'EUROSCOPE' microtext at the left, flanked by the EU flag in blue and gold. The central vignette presents a row of traditional Rhenish half-timbered farmhouses from the LVR open-air museum, with a draft animal pulling a loaded cart in the foreground. Institutional logos for 'KOMMERN LVR-FREILICHT MUSEUM' and 'FÖRDERVEREIN RHEINISCHES FREILICHTMUSEUM KOMMERN E.V.' appear at upper centre and right, with a holographic globe device at upper right and the 'MEMO EUROSCOPE' imprint at lower centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | KOMMERN LVR-FREILICHT MUSEUM FÖRDERVEREIN RHEINISCHES FREILICHTMUSEUM KOMMERN E.V. MEMO EUROSCOPE 0 |
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The Rheinisches Freilichtmuseum in Kommern, operated under the LVR (Landschaftsverband Rheinland), is one of the largest open-air museums in Germany, preserving reconstructed rural Rhineland architecture from several centuries. This zero-denomination memo note was issued by the museum's support association — the Förderverein — as a collector's souvenir rather than any circulating medium, a format that became common among German regional institutions in the early euro years as a low-cost membership premium and fundraising tool.
Euroscope, a specialist in promotional euro-format items, supplied the hologram strip — a deliberate nod to genuine euro security without any legal tender pretense.