Description
Share Canada’s D-Day legacy with this special wrap all colour roll of 25 commemorative $2 coins. The design takes you aboard a landing craft where Canadian soldiers are peering over the ramp as they approach the coast of Normandy (France) on D-Day, with a mission to establish a beachhead at Juno Beach.
Each coin is a keepsake honouring the 14,000 Canadians who were among the 150,000 troops that landed in Normandy (France) on June 6, 1944, and salutes the forces that supported them by air and sea. By the time Paris was liberated on August 25th, more than 5,000 Canadians had made the ultimate sacrifice to regain critical ground for the Allies in Western Europe. Mintage is limited to only 15,000 rolls.
The Design:
This riveting coin design by Canadian artist Alan Daniel is charged with tense anticipation as Canadian soldiers peer from their landing craft en route to Juno Beach. D-DAY/LE JOUR J is engraved above the soldiers’ helmets. At the bottom, the words REMEMBER/SOUVENIR flank 2019.
