1 Crown - Elizabeth II Mars

Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns prolifically since the 1970s, contracting primarily with the Pobjoy Mint to produce themed collector pieces across dozens of subjects. The 2001 Mars crown falls within a planetary series timed loosely to renewed public interest in Mars exploration following NASA's Pathfinder mission and the ongoing debate over the 1996 ALH84001 meteorite, which some researchers controversially claimed showed evidence of fossilized Martian bacteria.