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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Horatio Nelson
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Currency | Crown Coinage (1967-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2005 RDM |
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Issued to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, fought on 21 October 1805 roughly 30 miles off Cape Trafalgar on the Spanish Atlantic coast. Nelson was struck by a French sharpshooter's ball from the mizzen top of the Redoutable at approximately 1:15 pm and died three hours later, by which point the battle was effectively won. Gibraltar held particular relevance to the commemoration — the fleet had provisioned there before the engagement, and Nelson's body was returned to the Rock preserved in a cask of spirits before being transported to England.