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5 Cents In the name of George VI, D-Day, Coloured
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Diameter | 21.2 mm |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed left-facing effigy of King George VI after the portrait by Thomas Humphrey Paget, rendered in high relief against a polished proof field. The king is depicted with finely detailed hair and a plain truncation. The engraver's initials 'HP' appear at the lower truncation. The encircling Latin legend reads 'GEORGIVS VI D:G:REX ET IND:IMP:' separated by raised dot punctuation, set within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The D-Day commemorative program has produced no shortage of issues over the decades, but this piece is notable for arriving in the seventy-fifth anniversary window — a deliberate scheduling choice by the RCM that aligned with a broader 2019–2020 commemorative push tied to the anniversary of the Normandy landings. Canada's role on Juno Beach on June 6, 1944, was distinct: the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade pushed further inland than any other Allied force that day, a fact that rarely receives proportionate acknowledgment in popular commemorative contexts.