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1 Crown - Elizabeth II King Edward VIII
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, after the portrait by Arnold Machin. The truncated draped bust occupies the central field, with the surrounding legend reading ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR and the date 1993, with the Pobjoy Mint mark PM. |
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| Mintage | 1993 - Prooflike |
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This piece belongs to a wave of commemorative crowns Gibraltar issued in the early 1990s marking British royals who never appeared on circulating coinage. Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 after less than a year on the throne, having never seen a single coin bearing his effigy enter general circulation — the Royal Mint had prepared dies, but the abdication came before any were released. His refusal to give up Wallis Simpson, an American divorcée, forced a constitutional crisis that the British government concluded could have only one resolution.