This is the zero euro bill: can it be used to pay?

There is a zero euro banknote, even though it is not a banknote regulated or approved by the European Central Bank (ECB). Its origin is in Kiel, Germany.. This port city in the north of the country proposed the creation of this ticket as a souvenir for tourists. The first print run was 5,000 notes and its success led to more issues, according to El Economista.

The German ship Gorch Fock II, a German warship, representing the city of Kiel, appears on the obverse of the banknote, according to BBVA.. On the reverse, there are different European monuments: the Eiffel Tower, the Sagrada Família, the Colosseum, the Brandenburg Gate, the Belem Tower or the Mannekin Pis, as well as part of the Mona Lisa and the flag of the European Union.

Although the ticket has no value and you can't buy anything with it, the price to get it (the original design, since there are different designs throughout Europe, being a souvenir) is 2.50 euros, as can be seen on the Kiel Tourism website. We must not forget that the zero euro note is nothing else, but a collector's item that is becoming more and more coveted.

“The only banknotes recognized by the ECB are the authentic euro banknotes. The production of the zero euro “souvenir” note is not regulated or approved by the ECB,” they say from the monetary body. “If banknote manufacturers produce them, they must comply with the ECB reproduction rules set out in Decision ECB/2013/10 to ensure that the banknotes cannot be mistaken for authentic ones.”