2010 France €2 Coin Issue "June 18, 1940"

• Mint: Monnaie de Paris
• Denomination: €2
• Quality: UNC/BU/Proof
• Limit: 20M/20K/10K
• Alloy: Base Metal
• Diameter: 25.75 mm
• Weight: 8.5 grams
• Design:
• UNC version in baggie. BU version in card. Proof version in box with certificate.

This issue commemorates the 70th anniversary of the appeal (“Appel du 18 Juin”) made by General Charles de Gaulle, the leader of the Free French Forces, on BBC radio in London on June 18, 1940.

Following the fall of France, De Gaulle spoke to the French people declaring that the war was not yet over. The speech is the origin of the French Resistance against the occupation during World War II.