The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The Liberal cabinet approved the design of the new toonies, one of which will have multiple colours instead of the usual two.
On June 6, 1944 a combined force of about 150-thousand Allied troops, including about 14-thousand Canadians, stormed the beaches on France's Normandy coast, coming up against Nazi troops in concrete fortified gun positions.
Canada also contributed some 110 ships and 15 fighter and bomber squadrons to the invasion, which marked the start of months of fighting to free France from Nazi occupation and would eventually lead to victory in Europe.
Three hundred and 59 Canadians died as they ran from boats onto Juno Beach and more than one-thousand were injured.
The government order says the D-Day toonies will have an image of four soldiers and one sailor, all wearing helmets and one holding a rifle, in a landing craft at Juno Beach.
There will also be renderings of a Canadian destroyer, barrage balloon and Spitfire fighter planes.