Solomon Islands honors the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Beach landing on June 6th, 1944 with this fantastic 2 ounce proof-life silver coin. Codenamed Operation Neptune and commonly referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.

The reverse of this dome minted (plateau minting technique) silver coin portrays troops advancing on the Normandy border while the obverse features a quote from Dwight Eisenhower along wth references of the five code names of three countries participating in the engagement.