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1/2 Crown - Elizabeth II Road to Victory - D-Day Landings
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Crown Coinage (1967-date) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · GIBRALTAR, with the date 2019 positioned at the lower right and the denomination HALF CROWN at the base. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar's "Road to Victory" series, launched around the 75th anniversary commemorations of 1944, issued multiple denominations tied to specific Second World War engagements. The D-Day landing on 6 June 1944 involved roughly 156,000 Allied troops crossing the Channel — the largest seaborne invasion in history — coordinated under Operation Overlord after two years of logistical planning and a deliberate deception campaign, Operation Bodyguard, designed to convince German command the primary assault would fall at Pas-de-Calais.
Gibraltar's own wartime role was considerable: the Rock served as a staging and command hub for Operation Torch in 1942, making it a geographically and historically plausible issuer for this type of commemorative.