2019 Canada – $2 Toonie – D-Day

★ D-Day - 75th Anniversary ★

🇨🇦 2019 Canada – $2 | 6.99 g | 28 mm | Nickel-Plated Steel (Outer Ring) + Brass-Plated Aluminum Bronze (Inner Core) | UNC (from Mint Roll) | Mint: Royal Canadian Mint | Limited Mintage: 2,000,000 (Colored) / 1,000,000 (Non-Colored)

Issued to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 1944), this powerful coloured coin depicts Allied soldiers advancing during the Normandy landings. The central coloured core features a steel helmet and soldiers emerging from landing craft, symbolising courage and sacrifice, with the bilingual inscription “D-DAY – LE JOUR J.” Surrounding engravings show warships, aircraft, and beach defences, capturing the scale of Operation Overlord. Struck in Canada’s iconic bi-metallic format with selective colour application.