A new 50p coin has been unveiled by The Royal Mint to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Ahead of events next month that will mark eight decades since the Normandy Landings an official coin is being released that pays tribute to Allied troops. The reverse – or tails – of the new 50p piece shows soldiers getting off a landing craft and onto the beaches of Normandy with fighter aircraft looming in the skies above them. The design, created by David Lawrence with support from Imperial War Museums, also has the inscription ‘D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944 UTAH OMAHA GOLD JUNO SWORD’ which were the code names gi…