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50 Pence - Charles III D-Day French Resistance
| Issuer | Isle of Man |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of King Charles III, modelled by Glyn Davies, occupying the central field of the heptagonal flan. The king is depicted with a naturalistic portrait style, showing fine hair detail and a bare neckline. The legend KING CHARLES III curves along the upper left periphery, while ISLE OF MAN follows the upper right, separated by a raised dot. The date 2024 appears in the lower exergual area, flanked by two small dots. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Isle of Man has issued commemorative 50p pieces under royal license for decades, often covering subjects with no direct connection to the island itself — this is one of them. The French Resistance operated across occupied France from 1940, coordinating with SOE and later with Allied planners in the lead-up to Operation Overlord, though the networks remained fractured and frequently penetrated by the Abwehr and Gestapo throughout the war.
KM#1817 is a circulation-format commemorative, copper-nickel rather than precious metal, placing it in the Isle of Man's broad retail commemorative output rather than its collector proof series.