1/2 Crown 100 Years of Irish Independence, Gold plated

Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns under Royal Mint contract and later through private minting arrangements for decades, producing pieces tied to events entirely unrelated to the territory itself. This coin marks the centenary of Irish independence — specifically the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 — issued not by Ireland but by a British Overseas Territory, a curiously detached arrangement driven purely by Gibraltar's liberal commemorative licensing policies.