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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Paddington Bear
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts Paddington Bear, the beloved fictional character, standing in full figure and facing slightly forward, dressed in his characteristic duffel coat and wide-brimmed hat. He is shown carrying a suitcase bearing his initials on the lid. The legend PADDINGTON BEAR arcs across the upper field, with the denomination 1 CROWN inscribed in the lower field, all within a beaded border. |
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| Mintage | 1998 - UNC |
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Gibraltar's sustained program of themed Crown issues throughout the 1990s leaned heavily on British cultural nostalgia, and the Paddington Bear license was a natural fit for a territory whose identity is bound up with its relationship to the Crown. Michael Bond created Paddington in 1958, loosely inspired by evacuee children he saw at Paddington Station during the war carrying luggage labels around their necks — a detail that fed directly into the character's backstory as an unaccompanied arrival from Peru.