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THE 2024 D-DAY LANDINGS 50 PENCEDavid Pickup passed along this BBC article on the new D-Day commemorative 50p. Thanks! -Editor 
A new coin is set to be released to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings during World War Two. The 50p coin was unveiled by the Royal Mint, in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, ahead of the 6 June anniversary. On that day, in 1944, Allied forces landed across five beaches in northern France, with the attacks given the codenames Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. The coin depicts Allied soldiers disembarking a landing craft, with the portrait of King Charles III on the other side. To celebrate the unveiling, the coin's design was recreated in the sand on Gold beach, in France, where troops landed in 1944. At 35 metres (115ft) across, the sand art took more than five hours to create. 
French sand artist Jehan-Benjamin Tarain, who created the art with fellow artist Sam Dougados, said the project had been "extremely special". "This collaboration plays an important reminder of the united allied effort between French and British forces 80 years ago," he said. David adds: "It has been 30 years since the UK's first D-Day 50p was released "6.7 million of these were released into general circulation in 1994, but were removed when the new, smaller 50ps were issued in 1997. "A recent poll in UK has found only about half of people could say what the term D-Day ‘usually refers to in history', with 49% choosing ‘The beginning of the Allied liberation of Europe'"
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