1. D-Day’s 75th Anniversary Custom Commemorative Coins

This custom commemorative coin depicts a colored image of the Allied forces embarking on D-Day. The sepia-toned reveals the effect of a war movie.  The most prominent feature is the border of each coin is processed with a portion of real sand from Normandy Beach, which adds to the impact of the historic imagery. The Allies’ plan is displayed on the reverse. Besides, a quote from General Eisenhower’s famous address” WE WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY!” is showing around the edge. It would be a fantastic addition to your coin collections, or you can send it to your children or friends as a great patriotic gift.

2. D-Day 60th Anniversary Gold Coin Set

The entire operation of the invasion of Normandy until the control of northern France was named “Overlord Action”, while the D-day of action (military terminology used to refer to a specific date) was finally determined to be June 6, 1944.

Three main Channel Islands has released the above 60th-anniversary gold coin set to commemorate this event. The reverse of each coin is designed a different historical scene of D-Day  –land, sea and air. Let us follow these challenge coins to review this important historical moment.

2.1 Sword Beach

In the famous Normandy landing in 1944, one of the five beachheads attacked by the Allies, the other four were Omaha Beach, Golden Beach, Juno Beach, and Utah Beach.

Sword Beach is the “Operation Overlord” of the five beaches. The most eastern beach, the British troops landing from the east side of the Sword Beach quickly smashed the German light infantry. Firepower, and in the afternoon with the paratroopers of the previous airborne inland. However, the British troops who landed from the west side of Sword Beach were stubbornly resisted by the German 21st Division tank unit and could not successfully join the Canadian troops who landed from Juno Beach. After the two sides fought fiercely until dusk, the Allies successfully defeated the German armored forces. The reverse of this coin depicts a more solid embarking on Sword Beach.

2.2 MS Belfast

On June 6, 1944, Belfast participated in the Normandy landing, under the Eastern Naval Strategic Force, and was responsible for supporting the British and Canadian friendly forces on the offensive “Gold” (Gold) and “Juno” (Juneau) beaches. At 5:30 in the morning, the Battleship Belfast became one of the first warships to fire at the Germans stationed in Normandy.

In 1945, Belfast set off for the Far East Fleet to participate in the Pacific Battle. At this time, Japan officially surrendered, Belfast did not play a role in the war, but even so, Belfast is still active in the Far East. At sea – at this time, she was mainly responsible for peacekeeping operations and played a big role in guarding Chinese prisoners captured by the Japanese army. This custom gold coin displays the HMS Belfast with other fleets.

2.3 Airborne Landings

At 00:16 at midnight, the 6th Airborne Division took the lead in airdrops, and the paratroopers quickly controlled the nearby bridges after landing. Later, the 82 airborne divisions of the airdrop and the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division were forced to disperse their operations due to the enemy’s artillery interception and complex ground conditions, but they also caused the enemy to fall into chaos. This history was once filmed into the TV series “Brothers” by Spielberg. This coin design presents an aircraft of the airborne landings

3. D-Day Canadian 75th ANNIV Custom Colored Coins

Above picture depicts the landing of Juno Beach, which was taken over by the Canadian army. At 4:30 on the same day, the Canadian landing formation arrived at the transfer area. Due to navigation problems, the landing time was delayed by more than 20 minutes and the appropriate tide time was missed. The landing craft had to unload the personnel, vehicles and materials in the shallow waters, and touched the mines when returning, suffering serious losses. The Canadian soldiers who landed on the beach crossed the beach and were killed by the Germans in the sand dunes. They were once suppressed by the Germans. Fortunately, the Allied Naval Gunfire and the amphibious tank assistance were timely and broke through the German defense.

If you pay attention to the Normandy landing commemorative coins issued in Canada, you will find these coins are very contagious, because they show the uncomfortable expression of the ordinary soldiers facing the war. These custom silver coins are processed with two-tone finish craftsmanship.  The center-piece highlights a soldier wearing a green helmet, we can feel nervous from the soldier’s eyes.

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Picture Source:

1. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-stuart-whitman-john-wayne-the-longest-day-1962-30958816.html

2.https://www.bradfordexchange.com/products/910826_the-75th-anniversary-of-d-day-silver-plated.html

3.http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=159&searchlot=253&searchtype=2

4.https://www.bullionbypost.com/proof-sets/proof-5-pound-coins/1944-2004-The-60th-Anniversary-of-D-Day-Channel-Islands-3-coin-Gold-Set/

5.http://www.chngc.net/worldCoins/1289/54066.html

6.https://legionmagazine.com/en/2015/03/historic-wwii-photo-landing-on-juno-beach/

7.https://www.coinsunlimited.ca/circulation-coins/all-canadian-circulation-coins-lots-rolls/2019-1944-canadian-2-dollar-d-day-75th-anniv-remembrance-coloured-toonie-coin-bu

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Are we more obligated to protect these endangered animals?

Let’s appreciate the following colorized custom challenge coins of endangered animals.

1. Black Rhinoceros Custom Silver Coins

South Africa holds 80% of the Rhinoceros population in the world. The species is one of the most endangered on the planet; nearly 1000 of them are killed each year from poaching in South Africa. The black Rhinoceros of western Africa was declared extinct on November 10, 2011, and the news was announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

This design of  Black Rhinoceros Custom Silver Coins depicts the plight of Rhinoceroses.

The coin’s reverse depicts an adult black rhinoceros and calf in color, taking the African savannah as background. The lower part design shows a pair of supporting hands. The coins remind people something important needs to be done immediately—stop killing, stop the transaction, otherwise, this beautiful animal can be only seen on the custom coins someday.

2. Custom Silver Elephant Coins

Above two elephant silver coins are produced by Bavarian State Mint. The pattern of the right coin displays a large bull elephant with its trunk raised as it stands on the open savanna, and a small hut and tall palm trees located in the background field.

The left one depicts a large adult elephant standing on the ground with its head right at the center of the foreground, its long trunk reaches almost off the rim of the coin. The elephant has natural hues of gray, while the background design elements come to life with all the real-world hues of the African savannas. You can take them as personalized coins for your private collections.

Do you perceive the expression between two elephants? You will find the right one looks so happy, yet full of distressed in the left one’s eyes. Why the difference? You can see a quite beautiful bracelet is put in the middle of them. That is the reason. Definitely this elegant ivory product is in exchange for the life of an elephant. These challenge coins not only provide great variety to investors and collectors alike but more importantly,  they appeal to people all over the world to concern about the plight of these animals.

3. Sea Cow Custom Gold Coins

In June 1741, an expedition vessel was in distress, Stella and other survivors drifted to the Komandore Islands, squatting on isolated islands without food sources. At this time, Stella discovered the sea cows along the coast, but the number was only 2,000. This was the first time humans have discovered the sea cows. Since then, they began to kill them while they were discovering Stella’s big cows.

Russian fur traders immediately became interested in the fur of Stella’s big sea cow. They have come to the Komandore Islands and started ruthless killing sea cow. The first victims were the adult Stella cows, and even those cubs could not escape. It took only a short 26 years from the discovery to the extinction. When people didn’t know more about them, the greedy fur merchants made Stella the sea cow disappear from the earth forever.

These beautiful coins display an image of an adult sea cow, this beautiful creature is kept perpetually on the world challenge coins.

We definitely don’t hope these animals only be engraved on the coins yet disappeared in the real world.  Of course, there still other attractive and durable cheap challenge coins that are updated at our website periodically. Welcome to GS-JJ.com.

Picture Source:

1.https://www.perthmint.com/catalogue/wildlife-in-need-black-rhinoceros-2012-1oz-silver-proof-coin.aspx

2.https://www.jmbullion.com/2017-1-oz-colorized-somalian-silver-elephant-coin/

3. https://www.jmbullion.com/2018-1-oz-colorized-somalian-silver-elephant-coin/?utm_source=remarketing&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=Criteo

4.http://image.baidu.com/search/detail?ct=503316480&z=0&ipn=d&word

5. https://colnect.com/en/coins/coin/26492-1_Dollar_Shark_Bay-Numismatic_Product_-_Celebrate_Australia-Australia

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In the disasters caused by various means of transportation, the air disaster is the most concerned. This is probably because the air crash has brought more fear than any other accident. Regarding the custom coins, how do they reflect the air disasters? What are the related disasters? Let us trace back to history together.

1. Concorde Custom Silver Coins

Some air crashes are hard to avoid. On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 Concorde (F-BTSC) prepared to fly to the JFK International Airport in New York from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, but crashed in the suburbs of Paris shortly after take-off, 100 Passengers and nine crew members were all killed and four people were killed on the ground.

According to the official investigation report, a part dropped from the previous aircraft that had been lifted off split the main landing gear tire of the Concorde. After the puncture, the high-speed shot of the tire broke through the fuel tank on one side, and the leaked fuel was sparked. The fire caused the plane to go out of control. This accident became the last straw to crush the camel, causing the Concorde to collapse and eventually retired in October 2003.

Only on the custom commemorative coins that issued in the contemporary, we can still appreciate the heroic attitude of the Concorde.

2. Space Shuttle Columbia Challenge Coins

On February 1, 2003, the US space shuttle Columbia crashed over the northern part of Texas when it returned to the earth. All seven astronauts were killed. The whole mankind was shocked by the accident, but even more desperate than the disaster, the space shuttle suffered a misfortune at the start: when the “Colombia” lifted off, a piece of plastic foam falling off from the fuel tank punctured the space shuttle’s thermal insulation film, this hidden danger caused the subsequent disaster.

The above challenge coins are specially designed for this disaster. The one side shows the “Columbia” was being launched to space as well as the start date and fatal accident date. The custom challenge coins are used to commemorate the seven astronauts, On the other hand, they will always remind people not to forget this disaster in any case.

3. Space Shuttle Custom Antiqued-Silver Coins

In 2011, the space shuttle eventually retired and ended its mission. On the following custom antique coins, we can also see the “family portrait” of the six space shuttles.

The reverse pattern consists of six sections and one disc. The disc is embedded in the center, which material is glittering dust of finely ground, taken from each shuttle. This is an innovative feature. Six sections are six space shuttles with their depictions which surrounding the disc. 3D workmanship and with selective gold plating makes them more prominent. ENTERPRISE, COLUMBIA, CHALLENGER, DISCOVERY, ATLANTIS, and ENDEAVOR are arranged clockwise in turn from the top.

The portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II is presented on the obverse.”5 DOLLARS” shows its value.”COOK ISLANDS” indicates these coins are issued by the New Zealand government.

The design of the antique coins is completed by Cook Islands, Coin Invest Trust, and Space-Coins. They hope to bring the history of the historic space-shuttle program to coin collectors.

4. 2010 Smolensk Custom Commemorative Coins

On April 10, 2010, the Polish Presidential Plane-154 aircraft crashed near the Russian Smolensk airport. All 96 people on board were killed, including the President’s wife and many Polish senior officials. After the incident, a spokesman for the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office said that Smolensk had heavy fog and low visibility when the incident occurred. The plane crashed into the trees near the airport when it landed. Excluding the bad conditions, the aircraft itself is too old, and the unit’s judgment is also a cause.

To commemorate this tragic incident, Poland issued a group of custom silver coins in the same year, one of which depicts the moment of the plane crash.

Sometimes, much crueler than the air crash itself is the story behind the event. Unlike other traffic accidents, many of the aircraft’s potential defects are often not found during flight testing and are almost always discovered or truly valued after an accident – but without any compensation, the lost life can be revived.

The terrible air crashes are perpetually recorded by these exquisite world challenge coins. We hope these disasters will never happen again in the future.

Source:

1.http://www.chngc.net/worldCoins/1289/53581.html

2.https://www.collectors.com/coin/united-states-2003-space-shuttle-columbia-dollar-1oz-silver/-5753968827585446469

3.https://world.mintnewsblog.com/2017/02/space-flown-material-from-all-six-shuttles-in-new-cook-islands-collector-coin/

4.https://www.enumi.pl/en/coins/272/20zl_In_Memory_of_the_Victims_of_the_10_April_2010_Presidential_Plane_Crash_in_Smolensk

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