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0 Memo Euro - Mainz
| Issuer | Euroscope GmbH |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Green-toned note in the style of a standard Euro banknote, with a central intaglio-style vignette of Johannes Gutenberg in half-length portrait, shown in medieval dress with clasped hands, set against a fine guilloche underprint of letterpress type characters. The EU flag with twelve gold stars appears at upper left alongside a large black zero denomination numeral, with a colour-shifting zero in blue-green at lower left. At lower centre, the 'MEMO EURO SCOPE' logo is flanked by the coat of arms of Mainz and the inscription 'LANDESHAUPTSTADT MAINZ'; a shield vignette bearing the 'euroscope' logo and a large gold star appear at right. |
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| Obverse lettering | © MEM OEU ROS COPE 2018 EAAA021/1 Johannes Gutenberg MEMO EURO SCOPE LANDESHAUPTSTADT MAINZ euroscope |
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The "Memo Euro" series was produced by Euroscope GmbH as a collector novelty — zero-denomination fantasy notes styled after the euro format but with no legal tender status whatsoever. The Mainz edition is one of several city-themed issues in the run. What lifts these above pure tourist ephemera is the printer: Royal Joh. Enschedé of Haarlem, one of the oldest continuously operating security printers in the world, whose client list has included the Netherlands itself and dozens of sovereign currency contracts across three centuries. Cotton substrate and Enschedé's production standards mean the physical quality substantially exceeds the note's nominal value of nothing.