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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Silhouettes - Second Portrait
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Composition | Gold (.999) plated copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as rendered in Raphael David Maklouf's second definitive portrait. The legend ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2021 encircles the bust, with the denomination ONE CROWN inscribed below. The portrait is rendered in fine relief against a polished field, characteristic of the gold-plated Brilliant Uncirculated finish. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar's Crown issues have long occupied an awkward commercial space — legal tender by technicality, collector product by design. This piece belongs to a silhouette series that ran across multiple years, pairing successive Machin-derived portraits of Elizabeth II against simplified background treatments. The second portrait, sculpted by Arnold Machin and first adopted for coinage in 1968, remained the standard across Commonwealth mints for nearly two decades before Raphael Maklouf's effigy replaced it in 1985.
Gold-plated copper-nickel is the workhorse of the modern Crown market. These were never intended for circulation.