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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Javelin Thrower

Issuer Gibraltar
Year 1991-1992
Type Non-circulating coin
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Obverse script Latin
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Reverse lettering XXV OLYMPIAD ·BARCELONA · CROWN ·
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Additional information

Issued in the run-up to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Gibraltar's sports-themed crown series exploited a well-established niche in the commemorative market — small jurisdictions producing legal-tender issues aimed squarely at thematic collectors rather than circulation. Gibraltar had no Olympic team competing in Barcelona; the coins carried no official IOC licensing.

KM#69 is part of a larger run of Gibraltar crowns from this period sharing the same Pobjoy Mint production contract.

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