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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Elizabeth I - The Old Palace Hatfield
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts the young Princess Elizabeth I as a child playing with a ball in the grounds before The Old Palace at Hatfield, rendered in a detailed scenic composition. The architectural facade of the historic red-brick palace is prominently featured in the background. The upper field carries the legend THE OLD PALACE HATFIELD, while the lower field bears the commemorative inscription QUADRICENTENNIAL OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH 1558–1603. The denomination 1 CROWN and the Pobjoy Mint mark PM appear in the exergual area. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This crown is one of dozens of thematic pieces Gibraltar issued in the early 2000s commemorating English monarchs and their residences — a prolific program that flooded the collector market and suppressed secondary values across the series. Hatfield's specific connection here is the Old Palace, where Elizabeth I spent much of her childhood under house arrest and where, in November 1558, she learned of Mary I's death and her own accession to the throne.