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50 Euros 80 years of du V-DAY, Netherlands

Features

Issuer France
Period Fifth Republic (1958-date)
Type Non-circulating coins
Year 2025
Value 50 Euros
50 EUR = USD 58
Currency Euro (2002-date)
Composition Gold (.999)
Weight 7.78 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued 2025
Number
N#
492142
References KM# 3575
Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

Commemorative issue

80th Anniversary of V-E DAY

Series: Major landmarks in the history of Humanity

Obverse

Representation of the Allied countries that took part in the Normandy landings, arranged around the face value and the wording RF (République Française). Countries represented include France Libre, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Australia, the United States, Norway, the United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, Canada and Belgium. The stars under the flags symbolize the "Voie de la Liberté", a route taken by the American 3rd Army during the liberation of France.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1944 Du D-DAY au VE-DAY - 80 ème Anniversaire 1945
50
EURO
RF

Unabridged legend: République Française

Reverse

The coin specifically commemorates the role of Léon, Second-Master of the Commando Kieffer, one of the 177 Frenchmen who took part in the Normandy landings. After fighting in Normandy, Léon went on to take part in operations in the Netherlands, including the Walcheren landing and the capture of Vlissingen. His unit continued to take part in raids and operations right up to the end of the war, being in the Netherlands at the time of the German surrender.Automatically translated

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PAYS-BAS
2025

Edge

Plain

Mint

Mintmark of Monnaie de Paris Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Rhinoceros Joaquin Jimenez, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (2020-date)

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
2025  Rhinoceros 500 Proof

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Bullion value: USD 1082.20 Search tips
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Actual gold weight: 0.250 oz
Current gold price: 4330.84 USD/oz (see gold price )

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