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1 Crown - Elizabeth II The English civil war
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 1 Crown (0.25) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, a drop earring, and a necklace, after the portrait by Robert David Mullins. The engraver's initials RDM appear below the truncation. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs along the upper left field and GIBRALTAR along the upper right, with the date 2008 at lower right. A beaded border encircles the design. |
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| Reverse lettering | THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR ONE CROWN |
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Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns on virtually every conceivable historical theme, and the English Civil War series sits among its more substantive efforts. The conflict it marks — fought between 1642 and 1651 — ended with Charles I's execution in January 1649, the only time an English monarch was formally tried and beheaded by his own Parliament. The republican Commonwealth that followed lasted just eleven years before Charles II's restoration in 1660.