Why Does Europe Have Zero Euro Banknotes?

Why Does Europe Have Zero Euro Banknotes? We travel Europe through its banknotes, exploring the landmarks of France, Monaco, Andorra, Spain, Portugal, the UK, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria.

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[alexwszolek]

They have zero Euro notes so they can pay when they go to the doctor's office.

[Maxime_K-G]

"Aren't these banknotes literally worth zero euro?"

Collectors: Yesn't

[Wobbly_]

In short: They are used as souvenirs that you purchase. Depending on where you buy it, it displays the location of which you were located when you bought it.

[LpsPinkPetalPaws]

“You don’t owe me anything!”

Ah ok take this.

[puresomenessd]

"How much would you like to donate sir?"


*Hands over zero euro banknote*
"Here, keep the change."

[beavis]

Imagine robbing a bank then opening all the bags they're filled with 0 Euro notes.

[stupidburp]

In the past, an alternative to this has been using legal currency coins in machines that transform them into souvenir coins with no currency value. This has the effect of destroying some small amount of currency which can be problematic. Issuing zero value currency in local patterns as souvenirs not only dodges this problem, it adds a source of profit to slightly offset currency production costs in general.

[mlc]

I'm from a Eurozone country and this is literally the first time I've heard of such Euro banknotes.

[carlitoxb]

Currency coverter:

Zero Euro = Venezuelan Bolivars

[jcb]

Title: *Why does Europe have zero Euro bank notes?*

Me, a European: “We have zero Euro bank notes?

[Hexagonian]

This reminds me of a thing we have in the USA and Canada called "squished pennies". Its a legal defacing of federal money for the purpose of printing a landmark or touristic attraction onto a penny by replacing its 1¢ value with artwork. You insert your penny at a tourist destination and it crushes the copper into a blank canvas that can have a design printed on it. This seems very similar but ours aren't government issued.

[Ama-Elaini]

I live in the Eurozone and I've haven't heard about this until now.

[catisioo]

When you've lived in Europe for your entire life and have never heard of this

[HalfAsleepChris]

There seem to be a lot of comments claiming I don't answer the question in the title - I do, a whole minute into the video... 1:02 "These are souvenir notes, originally intended to promote tourism but which have since evolved into an encyclopaedia of the continent and beyond".

[TheMexxjam]

To make it short: No, they're not official. They're not Banknotes. They're not issued by official central banks. They are just souveniers.

[kylianwieringa]

"Whoah, this is... Worthless!" "It's less than worthless, my boy!"

[holabuenosdias]

Cahsier: your total is $0.00
" *oh shoot, I dont have 0 dollars* "

[katgor]

As an European, this is the first time I ever heard of this banknotes.

[Fuer]

Fun fact: Euro coins, unlike notes, do actually have different designs for different countries. That's something I found out recently and decided to comment after 1 minute into the video lmfao

[autumnisbetterthanspring]

*Guy:* so how much?
*Shopkeeper:* ah... that's for nothing
*Guy:* here's your nothing