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0 Memo Euro - Royal Delft
| Issuer | EuroScope |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 0 Euro (0 EUR) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents a hand-painted Delft Blue porcelain tile panel, characteristic of the Royal Delft manufactory (Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles), founded in 1653. The composition is framed with decorative borders and accompanied by the EuroScope programme logo and institutional inscriptions. |
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| Obverse lettering | © MEM OEU ROS COPE 2018 EAAA113/2 MEMO EURO SCOPE ROYAL DELFT 1653 KONINKLIJKE PORCELEYNE FLES euroscope |
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EuroScope's "Memo Euro" series occupies an odd corner of notaphily — privately issued, zero-denomination novelty notes produced to showcase printing craftsmanship rather than facilitate any transaction. Royal Joh. Enschedé, printing continuously in Haarlem since 1703, has produced genuine Dutch and Netherlands Antilles currency for centuries; the Memo Euro series effectively turns that same press into a vehicle for promotional and collectible work.
The Royal Delft edition ties to Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles, the only surviving 17th-century Delftware manufacturer, still operating in Delft today. Enschedé's security printing techniques — intaglio, watermarked paper — applied to a souvenir piece is the actual point of interest here.