Royal Mint 50p coin marks 80th anniversary of D-Day landings

A new coin marking 80 years since the D-Day landings has been unveiled by the Royal Mint.

The design of the “tails” or reverse side of the 50p coin was revealed ahead of the anniversary on June 6.

It was designed by David Lawrence with support from Imperial War Museums and depicts Allied soldiers disembarking a landing craft on to the beaches of Normandy with offensive aircraft in the sky above.

On June 6 1944, in Operation Overlord, Allied forces parachuted into drop zones across northern France.

Troops landed across five assault beaches – Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

The coin design has the inscription: “D-Day 6 June 1944 Utah Omaha Gold Juno Sword.”

The obverse or “heads” side of the coin features the official coinage portrait of the King.

To mark the release, French sand artist Jehan-Benjamin Tarain, with support from Sam Dougados, a fellow sand artist, recreated the D-Day 80 coin design on Gold beach, where troops landed in 1944.

Scaled at 35 metres in diameter, the sand art took five hours and 30 minutes to create.

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