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1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II 90th Birthday
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 1/2 Crown (0.125) |
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| Reverse description | Depiction of the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom in shield form, quartered to display the three lions passant guardant of England and Wales in the first and fourth quarters, the lion rampant of Scotland in the second quarter, and the harp of Ireland in the third quarter. The shield is surmounted by the St. Edward's Crown and is encircled by a Latin commemorative legend. The dates 1926 and 2016, marking the Queen's birth year and the anniversary, appear prominently within the design alongside the royal cypher 'E II R'. |
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| Reverse lettering | NOVEM DECENNIIS GLORIOSE PERACTIS .1926.2016. E II R (Translation: Nine decades gloriously accomplished) |
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Gibraltar's commemorative output for British royal milestones is prolific to the point of numbering in the hundreds of issues across recent decades, and this piece falls squarely within that cottage industry. The 90th birthday series drew from the same Royal Mint and private mint relationships Gibraltar has leveraged since the 1990s to fund government revenue through collector sales rather than circulation needs.
The silver-plated copper-nickel composition places it outside serious numismatic silver collecting but within the mass commemorative market it was designed for.