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The party heard ’round the world

  • Jan 23, 2020
  • History
  • 5 MINUTES READ
Ask artist Pandora Young where she’d time travel if she could revisit V-E Day and she’ll tell you, “Wherever the crowds were the biggest.” The day the news broke that the Second World War was over in Europe was one of the first truly global moments in history — and that spirit of mass celebration inspired Young’s design for the 2020 Fine Silver Proof Dollar marking the 75th anniversary of V-E Day.
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Ask artist Pandora Young where she’d time travel if she could revisit V-E Day and she’ll tell you, “Wherever the crowds were the biggest.” The day the news broke that the Second World War was over in Europe was one of the first truly global moments in history — and that spirit of mass celebration inspired Young’s design for the 2020 Fine Silver Proof Dollar marking the 75th anniversary of V-E Day.
Young’s 2020 Fine Silver Proof Dollar design foregrounds three silhouettes representing the branches of the Canadian military—Navy, Army and Air Force—recognizing their vital role in making victory possible. Behind them is a crowd, those who kept the country going and poured themselves into the war effort on the home front, who loved and lost and were jubilant that the war was over. Young’s 2020 Fine Silver Proof Dollar design foregrounds three silhouettes representing the branches of the Canadian military—Navy, Army and Air Force—recognizing their vital role in making victory possible. Behind them is a crowd, those who kept the country going and poured themselves into the war effort on the home front, who loved and lost and were jubilant that the war was over.

Young

Whenever you look back at the past, you’re looking at humans who had quirks and fell in love and sang songs and ate breakfast. They were as alive and complex as you or me.

Young

Young

Sometimes the bravest thing of all is to glorify peace. The Mint is one of the bravest, most imaginative in the business. I can’t wait for the next collaboration!

Young