0 euro - Pontmain - L'apparition 3

0 euro - Pontmain - L'apparition 3 - obverse0 euro - Pontmain - L'apparition 3 - reverse

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Features

Location France
Issuing company Euro Banknote Memory
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Paper exonumia › Souvenir note
Year 2021
Value 0 Euro (0 EUR)
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Paper
Size 135 × 74 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique Intaglio, offset
Number
N#
316474

Commemorative issue

150th anniversary of the appearanceAutomatically translated

Obverse

Representation of the apparition of the Virgin Mary in a blue halo, with four candles, hands raised above a house. On the left, the Basilica of Notre Dame de Pontmain, a French commune in the department of Mayenne, Pays-de-la-Loire region. Five blue five-pointed stars are depicted vertically on the right-hand side of the banknote, marking the 5th anniversary of the 0 euro souvenir banknotes.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PONTMAIN 1871 - 2021 LES 150 ANS DES APPARITIONS
EUROSOUVENIR
2021 - 3
0
EURO
SOUV
ENIR
R. FAILLE
C.E.O.
UEVG
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Reverse

Representation of six European monuments:
- Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
- Lisbon's Belém Tower.
- Paris's Eiffel Tower.
- Rome's Colosseum.
- Barcelona's Sagrada Familia.
- Brussels' Manneken Pis.
Portrait of Mona Lisa on the right.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
0€
DASBRANENBUGERTOR
TORRE DE BELEM
COLOSSEO
LATOUREIFFEL
SAGRADAFAMILIA
MANNEKEN PIS
PRINTED BY OBERTHUR FIDUCIAIRE
MADE IN FRANCE
0
EURO
SOUV
ENIR

Signature

Richard Faille (RF), Chief executive officer

Printer

Oberthur Fiduciaire (Francois-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire; FCO; Oberthur Technologies), France (1984-date)

Comments

The blue circle gets bigger, as does the lady, the number of stars (at the foot of the lady) multiplies, and on the dress too the stars move and multiply, so much so that a child adds "she (the dress) is soon all golden". https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparition_mariale_de_Pontmain

This post has been published in the classic series, and in the "ANNIVERSARY 2020" series. These series are distinguished by the watermark:
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Date Signatures Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2021  RF 1 000 (fr) 2021-3 Version ANNIVERSARY
2021  RF 2 000 (fr) 2021-3 Version classique

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