Gibraltar's Crown issues of the 2000s were produced in volume for the collector market, and this piece commemorating British soldiers falls squarely in that category — a government revenue exercise dressed as commemoration. The garrison at Gibraltar has been a continuous British military presence since the 1704 capture during the War of the Spanish Succession, a tenure now exceeding three centuries.
Gibraltar's Crown issues of the 2000s were produced in volume for the collector market, and this piece commemorating British soldiers falls squarely in that category — a government revenue exercise dressed as commemoration. The garrison at Gibraltar has been a continuous British military presence since the 1704 capture during the War of the Spanish Succession, a tenure now exceeding three centuries.