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Žilina
| Issuer | EuroSouvenir |
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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 an intaglio-style engraving of Mariánske námestie (Marian Square) in Žilina, dominated by the twin-towered church facade and surrounding baroque townhouses. The large numeral "0" in guilloche appears to the left, above the multicolour "EURO SOUVENIR" logotype and a small EuroSouvenir flag emblem. A ring of EU stars and a fine microtext underprint fill the background. |
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| Protection description | Continuous microtext reading "EUROSOUVENIR" and "ZERO" repeated across the background underprint of the obverse. |
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| Comments |
EuroSouvenir notes occupy a curious commercial niche — legal in the sense that no currency law prohibits them, but issued outside any central bank mandate and carrying no spending power. Oberthur Fiduciaire's involvement lends this piece genuine security printing credentials; the firm handles production for multiple sovereign issuers, so the microprinting here is not decorative window-dressing but the same technical execution applied to circulating currency contracts.
Žilina is Slovakia's fourth-largest city and a significant industrial hub, particularly for automotive manufacturing. Whether that distinction drove its selection for this series or simply completed a regional checklist is not documented.