A new £2 is set to be released to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
The Royal Mint said the coin was designed as a tribute to those who planned and participated in the epic landing operations on June 6, 1944 which is seen as a crucial turning point in the Second World War .
The £2 commemorative coin has been designed by the Mint's graphic designer Stephen Taylor and is said to take inspiration from military maps to depict the strategy taken by the Allies to land on five Normandy beaches.
Nicola Howell, director of the consumer division at the Royal Mint, said: "The D-Day landings is one of the most significant events in our nation's history, and it's important that we remember the instrumental impact that the landings had on the outcome of the Second World War.
"Seventy-five years on, our commemorative £2 coin is a fitting tribute to the significance and scale of the operation, and is an important recognition of the bravery of those that made D-Day possible."
The coin, which has been created in association with Imperial War Museums (IWM), will not go into general circulation but is instead available to buy from the Royal Mint's website .
Prices range from £10 for a uncirculated version to £845 for a gold proof coin.
