Zero Euro Banknotes - Germany, Italy & Beyond
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Zero Euro Pt. 2 - Germany, Italy & Beyond. Why does Europe have zero Euro banknotes, and why do several non-European countries have them too? We travel through Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and more to find out!
Instagram: @ Half-Asleep Chris
Two corrections:
1. The picture I used for the Hagia Sophia is actually of the Blue Mosque - I apologise. I was limited for copyright-free images to use and having never been there and not knowing too much about the building, I didn't notice.
2. Saints Cyril & Methodius created the Cyrillic alphabet NOT the Slavic alphabet.
Thank you for making such amazing videos! I really love watching and learning from your videos. You have inspired me to also start making educational videos too!!!
@@coolcat3281 i would like to watch it : )
3. Acropolis of Athens was not an ancient citadel
Well, the Blue Mosque is just across the same square the Hagia Sophia is at so...
I can send you a picture of Hagia Sophia that I took if you want to, just let me now how I can send it to you 😊
Note that the Swiss notes also do not say “EURO”, whilst the other ones do
No way, can't believe I never noticed that!
They probably insisted on that, but didn’t want someone to say 0 Swiss Franc either... so it’s just a “Zero note.”
@@HalfAsleepChris you were probably half asleep when you looked at it. Lol.
:)great vids
Does anyone know what is the sheet called that is on his table in his banknotes video the green one if anyone knows let me know
On the Euro coins, one side is the "common side" which is on every coin, and the other side is the "national side" which each country's central bank can put whatever they want on the coins they mint. The German coins have the Federal Eagle, the Irish coins have the Celtic Harp, the Spanish coins have the King of Spain. You can spend them in any country regardless of what country they're from. It would've been nice if they'd done the same with the notes, one side common, and the other side national, rather than having them universal.
It's because you don't want to make it easier to fake them
It's because coins are made by each state, but banknotes are printed by Eu central bank. It was way easier I guess.
It would sadly be much harder and more expensive to have them printed in different countries. Counterfeiters would have a field day as well.
I bought a 1 euro pack od postcatds at the Spanish Stairs in Rome, I paid witha 2 euro coin and got back a German and a Greek 50 cent.
The style and animation of these videos are always so charming
They aren’t animations he actually cuts out the words himself and it’s stop motion
Ikr
@@aadi55 stop motion animation is a type of animation trust me im a animator
I know they are thanks for saying that
The 'Miniature Europe' note I sent Chris is on the video.... I'm officially famous!
Thanks for the mention and I'm glad you liked it.
Keep up the great work Chris!
Nice one
@CharlyTDM07 who's lying?
@CharlyTDM07 What does the age of his account have anything to do with the mini europe?
@@mark4479 Chris Mentioned Brett that he's the one who sent him the note. People would make a new account with the same name to take praises, but this Brett account is 13yrs old so they ain't lying
hehe paper note
All other countries: putting national landmarks on their 0 euro bill
Georgia: **STALIN**
darling
Noice
They still believe in him
Literally everyone in my country hates Stalin, I have no idea who decided to put him on a banknote, especially considering we have an extremely rich culture
My fellow Georgian
Where's georgia??? nvm I saw georgia it's funny
1:26 I know this probably really isn't that big of a deal but I've lived in Heidelberg for pretty much half of my life now and seeing this view that is literally maybe 5 minutes away from where I live was pretty mind blowing to me. The castle is at least somewhat well-known but our city still doesn't get nearly as much attention as major cities like Berlin or Munich so it's always a surprise to me when it just gets randomly mentioned somewhere where I wasn't prepared for it at all.
The city of Trier, Germany issues 0-Euro bills with the face of Karl Marx, who was born there. I find that quite ironic
Less ironic than the series released in the PRC for Mao
Communist euro
This is one of the 2 which I have. The other is From nearby Schengen, Luxembourg.
@@GeographyWorld Didn't we have that same conversation under the obelisk video
#geographyisthebest
0:30 "Gran your passport"
Me as an Italian citizen: *LAUGHS IN SCHENGEN AREA*
I'm Italian too
8:02 The left building is the Blue Mosque, while the right one on the banknote is Hagia Sophia, an orthodox Church made by the Greeks.
controversial description of the mosque/ church...
as far as i know, it was a church before the Ottoman takeover and change it to a mosque which after the Turkish independence was changed to museum and recently changed to a mosque again...
@@PrograError I mean the Parthenon was also transformed into a mosque during ottoman occupation however few would call it a mosque. Hagia Sophia was built as a church during the byzantine era and has many mosaics depicting Mary, Jesus etc, which now that it has been changed to a mosque will be covered during working hours.
I absolutely love the fact that the Romanian 0€ Note has Christopher Lee as Dracula on the note... that man was a brilliant actor and a descendant of King Charlemagne who is laid to rest in the Aachen Cathedral... it also has it's own 0€ Bank Note.
Putting Stalin on a Georgian Bank Note is the Equivalent of putting Hitler on an Austrian Bank Note
Controversial but probably very sought after! After looking it up, they also have Mao and Lenin ones. One of few zero euro notes I have is the Karl Marx one from Trier in Germany. Its easy to see why there's so many communist-related zero euro notes!
@@GeographyWorld bruh, next they're actually gonna print a hitler one
@@GeographyWorld Ew I don’t know how I feel about some of humanity’s dumbest minds and Worst Dictators being ingrained on Tourist Memorabilia In my Opinion these people should be just as taboo as Hitler, but thanks for the information
@@alcarbo8613 As long as they sell, they'll keep making them!
@@GeographyWorld unfortunately True
"There are a 1000 and it's hard to collect them all."
Laughs in Pokemon Living Dex completion
This makes me really want to look up all zero euro bank notes for one specific country and then use them as a roadtrip guideline! Maybe some day I'll just have to do that!😂
That's a great idea! Here's the most comprehensive list www.euro-souvenirscheine.de/lists.php
@@HalfAsleepChristhe difficult part is finding the locations of the machines you can get them
Went to Heidelberg as part of the erasmus student program, castle and the city were beautiful.
This looks like the type of video that a foreign student would need to watch and answer some questions for English class.
Hey look it’s my bank account
Wow!
Hey we have the same number of money in our accounts
Dam
Omg wow!❤😂
You guys have bank account?!
This video somehow has a Wes Anderson feel to it and I love it.
That Dracula on the note looks a lot like Christopher Lee.
I don't know why but listening to Chris' voice and watching his videos are so calming! Love your videos man :D
3:40, it's because we must retain our neutrality!
Greetings from Schwyz!
@Taiwanlight name one other neutral country
Swiss is literally neutral towards all other countries.
Not beeing in the eu does not mean you are neutral
The security features on the €0 banknotes beg the questions of who would counterfeit a souvenir and why.
Stonks
@@theskiypdee you "stonks" people are really annoying.
@@jordankelly4684 you "you people are really annoying." people are really annoying.
Because without the security features, the notes wouldn’t be bank notes. It’s the whole concept of making real bank notes worth nothing.
Because it makes them unique and in the future in which they become rare, they can be copied by others to profit off high price on the used market, they can also easily fool anyone if they decide to counterfeit one and make it into a 100 euro bill.
apparently there are zero euro coins. You should do a segment about them too
@BorsMann really? can u send the link ?
@BorsMann oh lol that’s fine
Will they work on vending machines?
I’m a very big fan of European banknotes, even though I’m from America. But this takes the cake as my favorite video about the 0 Euro. My favorite is the St. Bernard Swiss Euro.
I was curious to see whether Hungary - where I live - had these, since we're part of the EU, but I guess we're just gonna skip around the country haha
Maybe because if every state had an Orban-like president, no EU would exist. As European, i will never feel Hungary part of Europe until you guys keep voting that j*ckass.
For anyone still wondering: there are indeed 0 euro notes from Hungary and also one for the 30th anniversary of the Visegrad countries.
I just bought one in Keszthely in the castle :)
Man, you’re about to hit 400k
He should be at 10,000,000 subscribers by now
He did it.
488k now
If you visit Copenhagen ill give a free walking tour. I'm not an official turist guide, but did do intimate ( 5 people or less ) walking tours for business travelers for a side gig. Mainly because I love history and it was a good income for the time used
As a trivia to that rival company mentioned with the green bills from Amsterdam at 01:57:
This company, Euroscope, is based in Wuppertal (Germany). That's why the iconic "Schwebebahn" monorail is part of the security logo on the front right side on each of their zero Euro bills.
Ah that's so cool - I had no idea!
Hi! I’d be pretty interested in getting some of these green notes. Where can you buy them? Because to me it doesn’t seem like they have an online presence or anything.
One of your fan from Malaysia 🇲🇾
Im from Malaysia too
These remind me of pressed penny souvenir machines from my childhood. Some people wanted to collect them all, but for most of us it was just a fun way to get a souvenir of a place you've been that didn't take up as much space as an overpriced snowglobe collection.
For a bit NYC had its own Miniatur Wunderland called Gulliver's Gate, but it's closed for the time being until they move to a new location
I had no idea they were so widespread! I have a €0 note from Europa Park i Germany, the biggest rollercoaster park in Europe. It often amazes people and almost nobody who has seen mine know of their existence! Thanks for the video.
5:19 I was really excited to see my home country in a half asleep Chris video Slovenia
Nice
I also make currency related videos 😅😅😅
Ooo thank you for sharing these! This gives me inspiration for some holiday gifts for people!
So this zero euro has no value but still it is costly
Yes. Humans am I right?
Its novelty
Ok right... like the souvenir magnets on your fridge are worth anything except being souvenirs 😂
I have all of the German notes you mentioned. Was nice to see them in the video
Hey Chris, maybe you could do a video on €2 commemorative coins. In short, these are €2 coins with an unique design on the national side that can be produced twice a year per country. I stumbled upon these when sorting out all of the coins I had based on in which country they were produced. I had a French version from 2013 celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Elysée-treaty, a Dutch coin from 2009 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the euro and German one depicting a castle in the German province of Bayern. I think they're quite interesting and since you haven't done a video on them (I believe) I thought this would be a good suggestion.
Thank you for publishing this video it always makes my week when you publish each video you make.
i live in belgium and i have never been to the atomium myself i want to go sometime
I'm from the Netherlands and I only drove under it by car. Apparently it's a science museum.
Though my favorite videos are the cat videos but I still love watching these educational videos. There just so calming to watch
I watch Half Asleep Chris while Half Asleep.
Fight Me.
Same here
400k subscribers!
Well done Chris!
I had no idea that there was a 0 euro from Bulgaria, whoever thought of it, they made a good choice for the people of the note. :)
It’s a bit controversial here, but we are actually on our way to adopting the euro, I think they said it can be done in 2023-4, but nobody asked the people who fear that our government is capable of doing the Greek crisis for their own favour, since nobody believes in them.
Great video, as always :))
Great video, also I had a good laugh at your story on IG which more people should follow 😄
I do
Btw I'm also making currency related videos 😁😁😁😁😁
I watch half asleep chris just because I like his content he never fails to make me learn something new and interesting in every video
Hi bro I also make currency related videos.
There's also a German 0 € Note with the Aachen Cathedral on it.. which is by the way 452 years older than the more famous Cologne Cathedral...
This made my night even better
Nice.
Nice!
I also make currency related videos 😅😅😅
Thank you for always answering the questions I never thought I had 🤓 Also I love the style of your videos - the stop motion is amazing (and probably quite time consuming to make) 💚
If I had a criticism of these notes it would be that they're available outside the Eurozone. I mean it is an EURO souvenir, so why didn't they make a 0th denomination of their local currency? (like 0 pounds, 0 yen, 0 lira etc)
i think the local laws might have prevented that... some countries might have law saying only it's only monetary authority/ board have the authority to publish such notes.
Very Early, another great video Chris :)
🤔...So would they only sell the USA 0-Euro in a machine in America, or where would they sell that at exactly...❓❓❓
In a machine somewhere in NYC. Cause otherwise its kinda useless.
Another great video!
Hey Chris I really enjoyed the video! It’s so cool to see a banknote that doesn’t even have any real worth but are fun to collect! Also, how did you do the blinking effect at 5:40 ?
You are the best, most wholesome channel on YT
I didnt know you lived in Germany. Can You Speak German?
He doesn’t, he is from the UK and also lives in the UK. He has been on a holiday through Europe, so that’s where the clips in Berlin, Paris and Brussels are from.
@@jlammetje did you watch the video?
@@jlammetje alright dude chill
I doubt it, seeing how he only lived there for three years, and was a kid. He probably knows some basic phrases though.
Unfortunately not. I moved there when I was 18 months old and moved back on my 4th birthday.
Wow this is so cool, I finished watching the first video for the 3rd time yesterday and was waiting for this one! I love how much effort you put into your videos, there educational but super interesting and I am binging your entire channel over and over again! Thanks for the great video Chris!
Big fan from south africa🇿🇦
I have a 0-Euro-Note from Blautopf at Blaubeuren, Germany. Blautopf in English means something like "Bllue Pot" since the water source looks blueish due to the way the light falls in.
These banknotes are so cool
Glad u went to bulgaria too lol.
Cuz thats where i live, anyways love ur content :D
This took a few minutes to show up, that's weird. Anyway, amazing video as always Chris, I love seeing all of the different €0 notes! I will have to keep an eye out for them while traveling
3:31 - Holly cow, those are beautiful bank notes. I'll have to move to sweden now.
After I visited the Bude Tunnel, it inspired me to make a poem about it. Here it is:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cool!
I have to say that the Swiss flag is a nice ADDITION to the note :)
8:15 now our favourite note
Our indeed
Excuse me. Whaaaaaaat?
This has certainly been an eye opener! 😮🤗🧚♀️
I was eagerly waiting for Indian 0€ Bank note as shown in your previous video coz I didn't got any information regarding it on google too😐😑
I watched both of the videos and its really entertaining i have to admit
You could look up how to say some of the city names though because I had a bit of a laugh XD
I just watched the first one :D
400k subscribes congrats! I love your content, good luck!
I never knew India had zero euro
Because everybody can order this crap. You pay 10k or so and you can have whatever you want on them
@@ulutiu oh
CONGRATS ON 400K 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks!
No one saw this last time so, Fun fact: Slovakia(My country) has 3rd most Zero Euro Banknotes in the world(Only Germany and France have more)
That's true. There's a lot of banknotes. It's also all your fault I started yet another collection I'll never finish while visiting the Red Monastery earlier this year ;)
@@felis1977 Oh yeah, I was there too this year, really lovely place.
I also live in Slovakia but i speak Hungarian
.... Oh, this is so nifty 😆
Can you still get these notes for collection? 😀
I love your cats!
Ralph is Amazing!!! Bella too!
But we can't forget Reggie and Tom R.I.P
We all do
5:32 and now, one more correction, Croatia uses the Euro now... =P
I never expected to catch a video while it's 30 minutes old
Hi
I also make currency related videos
You may find it interesting 😅😅
@@AryaPanja no offense but I don’t think you should self-promote but that is just my opinion and I’ll subscribe
@@JamIsSquared I know it bro
I'm just trying to find the right audience 😃
@@AryaPanja It’s ok
@@JamIsSquared Lemme know there how's the video has been :))))
I'm from Belgium and I love this video
Hello Chris. How is Ralph?
The last episode they moved
@@uriahhairu2eisenbise857 I think that's why they are asking??
He's doing great thanks. The next video will be about him :)
@@HalfAsleepChris oooh I love cat videos!!
@Zxcvbnm Productions [Zxcvbnm Union] random but sure. I feel so sorry for you tho, I love my cat... One of my friends is but she has a hairless cat? I know it sounds dumb but he's actually really cute
Nearly 400k subs, well deserved.
1:05 oh jear... thats why i love my city...😂
Hello, Chris. Can you please tell, where you got the Estonian zero euro banknote from? I live in Estonia myself and I had no idea these existed until I watched your video.
At 5:35 the 50 kuna banknote blinks :D
Absaloutly stunning notes.. notes that tell a story are so cool💪
when you need something to say when your early and say nothing relevant to the video and possibly annoy many people in which, i am very sorry:
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Ah yes knowledge
You got a like from me coz you are honest
These notes are awesome!
I am from germany and have never seen a 0 Euro banknote.
Ich hab ganz viele
@@alexgrimm354 bravo
because it's not banknote. it's a pseudo-numismatic product of private company
Your videos are amazing never stop uploading
Notification squad 🙌
Yo
They also released a note with the "Heidebergturm" which is a small tower on a small hill in the south of Brandenburg, Germany.
My dad bought one because he is super interested in regional history, but I was surprised they'd even make a note about something like that.
I wish American had fun bank notes like Europe
if you still want to see mini europe in brussels you will have to do it fast. It closes at the end of this year and its not certain if they will ever reopen again on an other location.
What are they doing with 0 Euro notes in Iraq? I need explanation how a country like Iraq has these banknotes????
Someone just decided Iraq should have one, their only purpose is as souvenirs anyway so anyone can decide to have one
3 days ago, I went to europa park.
There was a 0 euro note dispenser.
I saw this video before, so I bought one without hesitation
Hungary, when they realise they are the only eu country without a 0 euró banknote: _sadness_
It is interesting because we do have them, multiple versions too.
POV: When you waited for your country and now had to watch a part two
You forgot in Germany there is also a 0€ note of the aquarium in wilhelmshaven
He said in the video he only shows 0 € notes wich he has
Congrats for *400K* subs !
Not going to lie seeing Stalin at 0:05 distracted me from the whole video
Well that one's from Georgia. I think it's Georgia's way of saying 'Yeah, he's ours. Sorry.'
I will also start collecting them because of you Chris!:)