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CATHÉDRALE DE BAYONNE
| Issuer | Euro Souvenir |
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| Year | 2024 |
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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 presents a detailed view of the Cathédrale Sainte-Marie de Bayonne, rendered in warm tones against a light guilloche underprint. The large numeral '0' appears to the left of the cathedral image, with the 'EURO SOUVENIR' inscription below and the serial number at lower right. Stars and the European Union flag motif appear at upper left. |
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| Obverse lettering | CATHÉDRALE DE BAYONNE EUROSOUVENIR 2024-1 0 EURO SOUV ENIR R. FAILLE C.E.O. UESS ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
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Euro Souvenirs are a privately issued collectible format sold at tourist sites across Europe — not legal tender, not redeemable, and not regulated by the ECB. Oberthur Fiduciaire produces them using genuine security printing techniques, which gives them a finish closer to a banknote than a postcard, even though their function is purely commemorative. The Bayonne Cathedral edition falls into a growing catalog of French architectural subjects that Oberthur has been steadily expanding since the format gained traction in the early 2010s.
Bayonne's cathedral, begun in the thirteenth century, sits in the Basque Country and spent centuries under English Plantagenet administration before returning to French control in 1451.