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10 Euros D-Day
| Issuer | Banque de France |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Value | 10 Euros |
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| Obverse description | Against a deeply mirrored proof field, the central area displays the large numeral '10' above the legend 'EURO' in bold capital letters, with the monogram 'RF' (République Française) positioned to the right. Overlapping the lower portion of the denomination is a stylized rendering of a waving flag bearing a cross emblem, evoking the Free French Forces. The surrounding border features an intricate mosaic of national flags in relief, referencing the Allied nations of the Second World War. The date '2019' appears at the base of the design, flanked by decorative ornaments. |
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| Mintage | 2019 - Proof - 5,000 |
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Issued on the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings, this coin belongs to a French commemorative program that has grown increasingly crowded — but the 2019 D-Day release carries specific political weight: it was struck the same year Emmanuel Macron hosted a ceremony at which both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin attended, a rare alignment of powers that briefly echoed the original Allied coalition dynamic. France minted it through the Monnaie de Paris under Banque de France authority, the institutional pairing that has governed French commemorative output since the Fifth Republic consolidated monetary symbolism under state control.
The .900 fine silver specification follows the French commemorative standard in place since the 1990s — not sterling, deliberately so.