Did you know that there are 0 euro notes? If you have one, keep it safe. Because even if it has no real estate value in theory, it could still bring you a lot of money!
Perhaps you have already come across purple notes showing a value of not €500, but €0. This may seem like nonsense! But if you look more closely, you will notice strange drawings illustrating the paper. Olympic Games, castles, actors… So many places, personalities or moments of History that are represented.
It so happens that every year, Oberthur Fiduciaire, the specialist in printing secure documents and banknotes, is responsible for printing these essentially symbolic notes. In early July, new versions went on sale, starting with those commemorating several emblematic sites of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944, celebrated at the beginning of last month by Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Joe Biden. Limited to only 3,000 copies, the €0 notes can be purchased for €3.50 each.
They all have the same characteristics as classic banknotes: a security thread, fiduciary inks, a security number, holograms or watermarks. But even if they are officially worthless, these €0 banknotes can still earn you a lot of money! Indeed, they should increase in value in the months or even years to come. Their limited number and their particular history should make them collector’s items.
The concept of €0 notes is not new, they have been marketed across Europe since 2015. More than 2,500 different designs have been issued in 30 countries. While most are put back on sale from €3.50, the purchase price, some can increase in value. On the official Euro Souvenir website, you can find some for €450!
The new tickets, already on pre-order, should arrive in a few weeks. For the Landing edition, fifteen emblematic places will be offered:
- Airborne Museum
- Omaha Beach Memorial Museum
- Utah Beach Museum
- Oradour-sur-Glane
- Arromanches Museum
- Bayeux Memorial Museum
- D-Day Experience Museum
- The Mont Saint Michel
- Caen Men’s Abbey
- Overlord Museum
- Charles de Gaulle Foundation
- Saint-Raphaël Town Hall
- Louis de Funès Museum
- French Coin Society
Most of the funds raised “contributes to the financing of heritage”assures Richard Faille, president of the company publishing the tickets, TF1These funds allow monuments to invest in particular “in maintenance, in promotion, in renovation”.