Concorde's last commercial flight landed in November 2003, and the aircraft never flew again — grounded permanently following the 2000 Air France crash at Paris and the subsequent collapse of passenger confidence. This coin marks the aircraft's connection to British national identity rather than any new anniversary of operational significance, arriving more than two decades after service ended.
Concorde's last commercial flight landed in November 2003, and the aircraft never flew again — grounded permanently following the 2000 Air France crash at Paris and the subsequent collapse of passenger confidence. This coin marks the aircraft's connection to British national identity rather than any new anniversary of operational significance, arriving more than two decades after service ended.