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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Sea Vixen
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Weight | 28.28 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2009 |
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The de Havilland Sea Vixen entered Royal Navy service in 1959 as Britain's first swept-wing, twin-boom carrier jet — and the only British combat aircraft of its era to carry no internal gun armament whatsoever, relying entirely on rockets and missiles. Gibraltar's commemorative series marking Cold War-era naval aviation has produced a number of these crown-sized issues, with the Sea Vixen appearing alongside other Fleet Air Arm types. KM#1459 is struck in the standard copper-nickel circulation format rather than the silver proof versions issued concurrently.