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0 Euro - Operácia Antropoid 80.výročie
| Issuer | European Euro Souvenir (EEAM) |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Size | 135 x 74 mm |
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| Obverse description | Large guilloche zero numeral at left-centre against a purple-toned vignette; central composition depicts a portrait of Slovak paratrooper Jozef Gabčík (1912–1942) at right, flanked by scenes of a parachute drop, an assassination attempt with a pistol, a second operative, and an ambushed staff car. EUROSOUVENENIR circular legend at left with EU flag roundel; series code 2022-5 at upper left. |
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| Reverse description | Standard EuroSouvenir reverse with six intaglio-style vignettes of European landmarks arranged across the note: Brandenburg Gate (Berlin), Torre de Belém (Lisbon), Eiffel Tower (Paris), Colosseum (Rome), Sagrada Família (Barcelona), and Manneken-Pis (Brussels). Portrait of the Mona Lisa appears at right; denomination 0€ at upper left with EUROSOUVENENIR underprint. |
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Operation Anthropoid — the May 1942 assassination of Reinhard Heydrich in Prague by SOE-trained Czechoslovak paratroopers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš — remains one of the most consequential Allied special operations of the war. Heydrich was the highest-ranking Nazi official killed in action during the entire conflict. The Nazi reprisals were savage: the villages of Lidice and Ležáky were obliterated, and the paratroopers themselves died in the crypt of the Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius after a prolonged siege.
Oberthur Fiduciaire printed this 2022 commemorative on genuine banknote paper to the standard EEAM specification, with Adrian Ferda credited for the design.