Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/5 Crown - Elizabeth II World Cup - Three players, Platinum Proof
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
|---|---|
| Year | 1990 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Crown Coinage (1967-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Three association football players in dynamic action rendered in high relief at centre, depicted mid-contest with a football at their feet. The composition captures the athleticism of the 1990 FIFA World Cup held in Italy. The curved legend WORLD CUP · ITALY · 1990 arcs around the upper field, while CROWN is inscribed along the lower arc, with the platinum content denomination Pt. 1/5 oz. appearing in the lower centre field beneath the figures. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Gibraltar's 1990 FIFA World Cup commemorative program was among the most aggressive precious-metal coin series issued by any British Overseas Territory for the tournament — the Rock's authorities contracted multiple compositions for the same designs, with platinum sitting at the top of that hierarchy. The .995 platinum standard used here matches the fineness adopted by most sovereign mints entering the platinum proof market in the late 1980s, a period when platinum briefly commanded prices well above gold.
Mintage figures for Gibraltar platinum issues of this era were typically in the low hundreds at best, often lower.