Basilique Du Sacre-Coeur de Montmartre, 2012 (Novelty Coin)

2 Euro, France 2010

The coin commemorates the 70th anniversary of the appeal (“Appel du 18 juin”) made by General de Gaulle – the leader of the Free French Forces – on the BBC in London on 18 June 1940, after the fall of France. Addressing the French people, de Gaulle declared that the war was not yet over….