To coincide with the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, a magnificent new coin has been officially approved by Buckingham Palace for release - The Normandy Drop Fice Crown CoinSeventy-Five 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. The Allied Forces came by land, sea and air; men and machines emerged from the sea framed by the distant backdrop of Englands shoreline. They stormed the heavily fortified coastline of Occupied France in Normandy.Struck-on-the-day - a coin that takes its place in history What makes this coin truly exceptional is that it is a struck on day issue - issued on one day only - the day of the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, 6th June 2019.Just 1,944 coins will be struck on 6th June 2019 - a historic minting that can never be repeated.Immortalising the day, theNormandy Dropthis Five Crown Coin is struck to an immaculate proof finish. Proof finish