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1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II At the Going Down of the Sun
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | 1914·AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN·1918 |
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| Mintage | 2018 - BU - 100,000 |
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Gibraltar's commemorative output in this period leaned heavily on British military remembrance themes, and this piece belongs to that wave of issues tied to World War I centenary observances. The title quotes Laurence Binyon's 1914 poem "For the Fallen," written just weeks after the outbreak of war — the "going down of the sun" line became the core of the Ode of Remembrance recited at ceremonies across the Commonwealth. Gibraltar's own role in both world wars, as a strategically choked naval passage, gives the issuer at least geographic relevance to the subject.