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0 Euro - Éperlecques - Le blockhaus de lancement des V1 et V2
| Issuer | France |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette presents the Blockhaus d'Éperlecques with a vertical V2 rocket in the foreground and a V1 flying bomb in flight to the right, set against an illustrative landscape background. Five blue stars appear on the obverse as part of the commemorative security design marking the fifth anniversary of the Euro Souvenir series. Inscriptions identify the site as the first V2 and V1 launch base, with issuer and series references integrated into the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques was the largest V-weapon construction project the Germans attempted in occupied France — a reinforced concrete bunker in the Pas-de-Calais intended to serve as a permanent V2 assembly and launch facility. Allied bombing in 1943 and 1944, combined with French resistance intelligence, prevented it from ever becoming operational. The site was never used to fire a single rocket.
Zero euro souvenir notes are a French tourist industry phenomenon that began around 2015, produced by Oberthur Fiduciaire under license and sold at heritage sites as legal-format collectibles with no monetary function.