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300 Euros / Eros
| Issuer | Deutsche Parkbank (fantasy issuer) |
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| Size | 170 x 85 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Bestellen Sie ihren Schein unter www.300euroschein.de 300 XP0815-4711190 Keine Banknote Deutsche Parkbank 300 EURO EROS www.300euroschein.de |
| Reverse description | Green-tinted reverse continuing the euro-style novelty design, with a row of nude female figures reflected along the upper border and a map of Europe as underprint at right. Yellow heart motifs are scattered across the left field, and the large numeral "300" appears at lower left in green and purple. "Deutsche Parkbank" is printed at lower right. |
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A deliberately cheeky parody note produced in Germany, the "300 Euros / Eros" plays on the name of the European common currency in ways that made it briefly attractive to collectors of erotic ephemera and euro-skeptic novelty items alike. Fantasy pieces of this type — technically legal to produce provided they cannot reasonably be mistaken for genuine ECB issues — proliferated across Germany and the Netherlands in the early 2000s as the physical euro entered circulation and public fascination with the new currency ran high.
The "Deutsche Parkbank" issuer name is a pun: Parkbank being German slang for a park bench, the preferred seating of lovers.