Saint-Omer - Centre d'histoire et planétarium 3D

Obverse

Aerial view of the dome with a V2 missile on the right.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LA COUPOLE
CENTRE D'HISTOIRE ET PLANÉTARIUM 3D
SAINT-OMER

Reverse

On the periphery, the word France written in eight languages. France at 12 o'clock, 2014 at 6 o'clock, the whole linked by 14 stars on the right and on the left. In the center, the building of the Monnaie de Paris.

Scripts: Katakana, Hebrew

Lettering:
צרפת ~ फ्रांस ~ FRANCIA ~ ФРАНЦИЯ ~ FRANKREICH ~ 法国 ~ فرنسا ~ フランス ~
FRANCE
MONNAIE
DE PARIS
2014

Edge

Reeded

© PLH28 (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Comments

The dome of Helfaut-Wizernes, or dome of Helfaut, is a World War II bunker, now a center of history and remembrance, located in the town of Helfaut, near Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais department). Code names Bauvorhaben 21 and Schotterwerk Nordwest, it was built by Nazi Germany between 1943 and 1944 to serve as a launch base for V2 rockets aimed at London and southern England.

This is an automatic translation. The original text is:

La coupole d'Helfaut-Wizernes, ou coupole d'Helfaut, est un bunker de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, aujourd'hui centre d'histoire et de mémoire, situé dans la commune d'Helfaut, près de Saint-Omer (département du Pas-de-Calais). De noms de code Bauvorhaben 21 et Schotterwerk Nordwest, il fut construit par l'Allemagne nazie entre 1943 et 1944 pour servir de base de lancement pour les fusées V2 visant Londres et le Sud de l'Angleterre.

See also

• Museum
• War

• Monnaie de Paris Tourist Token - Saint-Omer (La Coupole - Fusées V1-V2)

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Date			Mintage		VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	References			Frequency
Undetermined
2014			5 000								MDP# 62HEL6/14 Jean-Luc Gosse; 2019. L'Officiel des médailles souvenir touristiques événementielles et publicitaires: Monnaie de Paris = The Official Guide to Souvenir Medals for Tourist Events and Advertising (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France.			82%
2019			5 600								MDP# 62HEL6/19 Jean-Luc Gosse; 2019. L'Officiel des médailles souvenir touristiques événementielles et publicitaires: Monnaie de Paris = The Official Guide to Souvenir Medals for Tourist Events and Advertising (11th Edition). Infopuce, Marseille, France.			35%

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