These 2020 Isle of Man Dunkirk £2 Coins have been released to mark 80 years since the ‘Miracle of Dunkirk’, which was one of the greatest turning points of the Second World War.
Known as Operation Dynamo, in 1940 over 300,000 Allied soldiers were evacuated from the beaches and harbour at Dunkirk, France in over 800 hastily assembled vessels.
Both £2 coins feature the Isle of Man Steam Company packet ship, the SS Mona’s Isle, rescuing soldiers at Dunkirk. Mona’s Isle was the first non-military ship to leave Dover for Dunkirk during the evacuation and the first to complete a round trip, rescuing a total of 2,634 troops.
Issued on behalf of the Isle of Man have been designed by Glyn Davies and struck to a Brilliant Uncirculated quality.
