Canada: 2019 $125 75th Anniversary of The Normandy Campaign: Operation Tonga 1/2 Kilogram Pure Silver Coin

Canada: 2019 $125 75th Anniversary of The Normandy Campaign: Operation Tonga 1/2 Kilogram Pure Silver Coin

Design: Designed by Pandora Young, your coin shows the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in action during the early hours of June 6, 1944. A first-person view captures the intensity of the moment during Operation Tonga, as one by one the paratroopers drop from the Douglas C-47 Dakota aircraft. Seen from above, the paratrooper is outfitted with a leg kit bag as he makes his descent, his static line still clipped to the cover of the backpack parachute. In the distance, open chutes float towards the cloud cover, where small breaks reveal glimpses of the Normandy landscape below. The obverse features the effigy of King George VI by T. H. Paget.

Mintage: 500

Composition: 99.99% pure silver

Finish: Proof

Weight (g): 502.99

Diameter (mm): 84.85

Edge: serrated

Face value: $125

Artist: Pandora Young (reverse), Susanna Blunt (obverse)

Packaging: Your coin is encapsulated and presented in a Royal Canadian Mint-branded wood case with a black beauty box.