It is therefore of interest to a wider public than numismatists. The coin deals with a historical and popular subject strongly embedded in the collective consciousness of the Allied countries, beyond the simple collectors. Various factors can explain this surge in the price of the coin, in proof quality. The proof coin is worth between €320 and €350. While the UNC coin is priced €6, the BU coin can be sold about €80. The coin is available in three minting qualities: Verlaine’s phrase used as a code to announce the beginning of the landing is engraved on the wave: “the long sobs of autumn’s violins wound my heart with a monotonous languor”. The very particular prints of the boots worn by the soldiers of the American, British and Canadian armies disappear little by little, erased by a wave. The commemorative dates 1944-2014 are inscribed above the tank gun, as well as the mention “70th anniversary of D-Day”. A landing barge and the barrel of a tank are also featured. On the obverse of the coin are engraved the words “D-DAY”. In 2014, the Monnaie de Paris issued a €2 coin to commemorate this event. Finally, in addition to the very famous KIEFFER commando and its assault on the port of Ouistreham, parachutists members of the French SAS had also been parachuted from the first hours of the operation, mainly to carry out sabotage operations. Some FFF (Free French Forces) ships were also engaged to support the landing operations. Several French fighter squadrons participated in this operation. Then, many Frenchmen were engaged in the air forces that supported the landing. The french partisans were first of all mobilized to cause trouble in the rear of the German troops. An omen for the fate of the German army…įrench participation in these operations, often described as symbolic, was nonetheless real. A few months earlier, Marshal ROMMEL had declared to his staff that “the battle would either be won immediately on the beaches, or irretrievably lost”. The German troops put up a fierce resistance but finally gave up their positions under Allied pressure, air and naval bombardments and the too slow and too hindered reaction of the German mechanized reinforcements. In total, the Allies lost 10,000 men in 24 hours. Not without difficulties, since the Americans alone lost 3,000 men during this first day, on the OMAHA beach. The aim of these troops was to settle on the places where they were dropped, carefully chosen to cut the roads to the German armoured reinforcement divisions that could be called in to push the british-american troops back into the sea.īrought by 5,000 boats, 50,000 Americans and 70,000 british-canadians set foot on the Normandy coast. The NEPTUNE operation started during the night of June 5-6, 1944, with aerial bombings and the release of american paratroopers (about 13,000 men). The expression “D DAY” is often used in the current language to designate the landing in Normandy Last update (coin values) – In 2014, France celebrated the Normandy landing, a military operation better known under the code name “NEPTUNE”, the first step in a plan to reconquer Western Europe, known as “Overlord”.
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