10 Euros 80 years of the V-DAY, Netherlands

The Liberation of the Netherlands in May 1945 was not a single moment but a weeks-long process, with Canadian forces bearing the primary responsibility for clearing German troops from the country after Operation Market Garden's failure had left much of the south liberated but the north starving through the Hongerwinter of 1944–45. That famine killed an estimated 18,000 to 22,000 Dutch civilians before surrender came. This coin is a French mint issue commemorating that anniversary — notable in that the Netherlands' own mint at Utrecht has issued its own commemorative series, making this a Monnaie de Paris product for the Dutch market rather than a domestic emission.