200 Euros D-Day

€187,619.00
IssuerFrance
Year2019
TypeNon-circulating coin
Value200 Euros
CurrencyEuro (2002-date)
CompositionGold (.999)
Weight31.104 g
Dimensions37 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)Joaquin Jimenez
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#2829
Obverse descriptionPuts forward all the allied countries that officially participated in Obverse the Normandy landings surrounding the face value and the RF mention. Clockwise: Free France, Netherlands, New-Zealand, Poland, Australia, United-States, Norway, United-Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Canada, Belgium.Obverse represents the different types of military operations that took place on June 6th, 1944 surrounding the mention DDAY (written bearing the American, British, Free French and Canadian flag) 75th. In the foreground, a Spitfire is flying over the whole obverse symbolically bearing the Polish and Norwegian cockades, he is accompanied by Dakotas. The coin is dotted with paratroopers and other small planes symbolizing airborne operations. In the center, naval forces are represented by HNoMS Svenner, Norwegian Destroyer.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering200 RF EURO 2019
Reverse descriptionThe reverse represents the different types of military operations that took place on June 6th, 1944 surrounding the mention DDAY (written bearing the American, British, Free French and Canadian flag) 75th. In the foreground, a Spitfire is flying over the whole obverse symbolically bearing the Polish and Norwegian cockades, he is accompanied by Dakotas. The coin is dotted with paratroopers and other small planes symbolizing airborne operations. In the center, naval forces are represented by HNoMS Svenner, Norwegian Destroyer.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringD 75th DAY
Edge
MintMonnaie de Paris, Paris (and
Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)
Mintage2019  - Proof - 250
Catalog ID5064384080
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