Eighty years ago, at H-Hour the order went out to the waiting troops. The command turned the 6th of June 1944 from an ordinary summers day into a defining date in British history, and so beganThe Longest Day. The D-Day 80th Anniversary Coin Set Now, 80 years on, Heritage Coins has brought together all nine coins that were struck that momentous D-Day year, 1944. These are the coins used by those working in Britain on the farms and in the factories; the soldiers, sailors and airmen on leave; and used by those busy in the build-up to, and involved in, the D-Day landings. These are not replicas or modern commemorative strikings: each coin is an original from 1944 and the D-Day era. They are quite literally the coins that helped win the day.Hold a piece of History in Your HandsHeritage Coins has sought fine specimens of all nine coins that were in circulation on 6 June 1944. These are all genuine coins, each of them 80 years old. These coins belong to a bygone era when money still had