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1 Crown - Elizabeth II King George I, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse description | Right-facing laureate bust of King George I, founder of the House of Hanover, depicted in a baroque portrait style with flowing hair and lace cravat. The legend HOUSE OF HANOVER • KING GEORGE I • 1714-1727 curves around the upper periphery, while the denomination 1 CROWN appears in the lower field. The design commemorates George I's reign as the first British monarch of the Hanoverian dynasty. |
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| Reverse lettering | HOUSE OF HANOVER • KING GEORGE I • 1714-1727 1 • CROWN • |
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This piece is one of several Gibraltar crowns issued in the early 1990s commemorating British monarchs with direct connections to the Rock's formal incorporation into the Crown. George I's reign saw the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht ratified and enacted, under which Spain ceded Gibraltar to Britain in perpetuity — a transfer whose legal permanence Spain has contested, with varying intensity, ever since.
KM#133a denotes the silver proof variant, struck alongside a base-metal circulation issue the same year.