1 Crown - Elizabeth II Diana Remembered

Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns continuously since the 1970s, and the territory's mint contracts have historically gone to Pobjoy Mint and later the British Royal Mint's commercial partners — producing a volume of themed issues that collectors either embrace or dismiss entirely. This piece falls squarely into that commemorative commercial category, struck twenty-four years after Diana's death in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris. Rose gold plating on copper-nickel is a finishing technique that became fashionable in the 2010s as mints sought to differentiate shelf product without the cost of solid precious metal.