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1/2 Crown - Charles III Marilyn Monroe - Behind the Diamonds
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central device features the Gibraltar Government Coat of Arms, depicting a three-towered castle above a key, rendered in fine relief. The circumferential legend reads CHARLES III · D·G·REX · F·D· GIBRALTAR · 2025, with the denomination HALF CROWN positioned below the coat of arms. The inscription is presented in Latin script in a clean, upright typeface consistent with modern Commonwealth coinage conventions. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a full-length portrait of Marilyn Monroe in her iconic white halter dress, depicted in a photographic style with the skirt billowing upward, referencing the famous scene from the 1955 film 'The Seven Year Itch'. A vintage condenser microphone stands to the lower left and a classic film camera to the lower right, flanking the central figure. Five five-pointed stars are arranged in an arc around the upper field, accompanied by a stylised lips motif to the upper right. Marilyn Monroe's facsimile signature appears in cursive script across the upper portion of the field. The legend MARILYN MONROE is inscribed in the upper field, and the design is contained within a beaded inner border. |
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Gibraltar has issued commemorative half crowns continuously since the 1990s, exploiting its status as a British Overseas Territory to produce licensed pop-culture issues outside the constraints of Royal Mint programming. This piece is part of a broader Marilyn Monroe licensing agreement that has generated multiple denominations across several years.
Monroe's image rights are controlled by Authentic Brands Group, which acquired the estate's IP portfolio in 2019 and has since licensed it aggressively across consumer products and numismatic issues alike.