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1/25 Royal - Elizabeth II Yorkshire Terrier
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Value | 1/25 Royal (0.04) |
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| Reverse description | A full-length portrait of a Yorkshire Terrier standing in profile to the left, rendered in fine detail with its characteristic long, flowing silky coat and top-knot bow. The Gibraltar coat of arms — a castle with a key — appears in the upper right field, with the Pobjoy Mint privy mark to its lower right. Below the dog, the inscription AU · 1/25 OZ · 999.9 is incused across the lower field, with ROYAL in larger lettering along the base. A beaded border frames the design. |
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| Mintage | 1997 PM - BU - 1997 PM - Proof - 1,000 |
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Gibraltar's Royal series, launched in the 1990s, was produced by the Pobjoy Mint and became one of the more commercially aggressive small-denomination bullion programs of its decade, targeting collectors rather than any functional monetary use. The Yorkshire Terrier issue belongs to an annual dog-breed rotation that ran across multiple fractional denominations simultaneously, generating an unusually large number of distinct type coins within a single calendar year.
At 1.24 g of .9999 fine gold, the actual bullion content is negligible — the premium on these has always been collector-driven from day one.