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 Crown - Elizabeth II Battle of Ypres, Colored Poppies
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
|---|---|
| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| 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 | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | A winged angel figure, draped in classical robes and wearing a floral wreath in her hair, is depicted facing the viewer with wings spread wide across the field, holding flowers in her hands. Surrounding the angel is a stylized garden scene with stems and blossoms rendered in relief, among which five red Flanders poppies are applied in vivid color enamel as a memorial symbol. A rectangular cartouche at the base of the design bears the commemorative inscription LEST WE FORGET in three lines, the entire composition framed by a beaded inner border. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| 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 has issued commemorative crowns prolifically since the 1970s, and by 2017 the program encompassed hundreds of distinct types — many sharing identical specifications and differing only in subject matter. This piece marks the centenary of the Third Battle of Ypres, known as Passchendaele, fought between July and November 1917 at a cost of roughly 500,000 combined casualties across both sides.
The KM#1609.1 designation implies a numbered variant, suggesting at minimum a companion piece struck without color application.