Gibraltar's Crown issues of this period were produced largely by the Pobjoy Mint under licensing arrangements, with rose gold plating introduced as a low-cost variant to capture collector demand without committing to solid bullion production. Churchill crowns have been issued and reissued across dozens of Commonwealth jurisdictions since his death in 1965 — Gibraltar among the most prolific — making KM#1545b one of several metallic variants of the same basic type struck for the 50th anniversary of his death.
Gibraltar's Crown issues of this period were produced largely by the Pobjoy Mint under licensing arrangements, with rose gold plating introduced as a low-cost variant to capture collector demand without committing to solid bullion production. Churchill crowns have been issued and reissued across dozens of Commonwealth jurisdictions since his death in 1965 — Gibraltar among the most prolific — making KM#1545b one of several metallic variants of the same basic type struck for the 50th anniversary of his death.