2024 1/4 oz D-Day Gold Coin - 80th Anniversary

2024 British Royal Mint D-Day Gold Coins Exclusively at SD Bullion

The Royal Mint crafted an incredible coin for collectors to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of one of the most intense battles in human history. Those Proof coins, as expected, have been tremendously popular in the market.

With our sterling reputation in the bullion space and a constant desire to serve the bullion market, we decided with the Royal Mint to make such an awesome coin design available to bullion stackers as well. This was too iconic of an American and Allied anniversary for the Royal Mint to limit themselves to only Proof coins. What started as a commemorative program has been fantastically brought to bullion in the 9th hour exclusively for SD Bullion customers.

Coin Highlights

• Contains 1/4 oz of 999.9 fine gold in BU condition;
• Holds a £25 face value and legal tender status;
• The obverse design displays King Charles III;
• Exclusive D-Day design on obverse;
• Coins come packed in tubes of 25;

On June 6, 1944 the Allied assault infamously known as "D-Day" began in Normandy. Planned for months under the codename "Operation Overlord", it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Plans of the attack were complicated and relied on moon phases, tides, and time of day to make only a few days each month suitable. The invasion began shortly after midnight the morning of June 6th with aerial and naval bombardments as well as airborne assault.

Over 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne troops descended. The amphibious landing on the beach of Normandy began at 6:30AM and was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

Surprise was critical in the Allied invasion plan. If Germans had known where or when the Allied forces would attack, their massive force of 55 divisions in France would have been sufficient to mount a major resistance and likely defeat allied forces as they would have outnumbered them 10-1.

Landing under heavy fire from Nazi guns overlooking the beaches, the men faced mines, wooden stakes, metal tripods and barbed wire on the beach. The invasion fleet drew from eight different navies and comprised of 6,939 vessels, 1,213 warships, 4,126 landing crafts, 735 ancillary crafts, and 864 merchant vessels. The majority of the fleet was supplied by the UK, which provided 892 warships and 3,261 landing craft. A total of 195,000 naval personnel were involved in the Normandy invasion, of which 135,000 were part of British forces, 53,000 were American, and the rest were from other Allied countries. The day was not entirely won by Allied forces, but it established enough of a foothold to continue. Allied casualties were approximately 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead.

The Silver coins have a maximum mintage of 100,000 bullion strikes, and a maximum of 5,000 of the 1/4 oz Gold coins. These are being struck in the UK over the next 2-3 weeks and will make the trek across the Atlantic mid June to ship out to our customers.