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1 Crown - Elizabeth II 90th Birthday - 3rd Effigy
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 1 Crown (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Selective gold-highlighted right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in the third portrait by Raphael David Maklouf, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a pearl drop earring with a pearl necklace. The bust is draped and truncated at the neck, occupying the central field against a darkened background. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · F · D · GIBRALTAR with ONE CROWN at the base, all in raised Latin characters separated by dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II·DEI·GRA·REG·F·D·GIBRALTAR · ONE CROWN · |
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Gibraltar's Crown issues from this period were produced under license arrangements that allowed the territory considerable latitude in commemorative subjects — a freedom Gibraltar's issuing authority exploited aggressively throughout the 2000s and 2010s with dozens of themed releases annually. The 90th birthday issue is one of several dozen struck that year alone, contributing to a collector market that has grown increasingly selective about which Gibraltar crowns it treats as genuinely scarce.
The third effigy, by Raphael Maklouf, was in official use from 1985 until its replacement by the Ian Rank-Broadley portrait in the late 1990s — its appearance here is a deliberate retro choice, not a production continuity.