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1 Crown - Elizabeth II The Great Exhibition
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing diademed and draped effigy of Queen Elizabeth II after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, occupying the central field. The legend ELIZABETH II arcs across the upper field, bisected by the queen's tiara, with GIBRALTAR continuing to the right and the date 2001 positioned at the lower right. A toothed border runs along the coin's rim. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Great Exhibition of 1851 was Prince Albert's defining project — a showcase of industrial and imperial confidence housed in Joseph Paxton's prefabricated glass and iron Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. Gibraltar's commemorative program has long issued crowns tied to British royal and historical anniversaries, a practice that reflects the territory's constitutional relationship with the Crown rather than any independent monetary ambition. The 150th anniversary in 2001 prompted a wave of issues across Commonwealth and British Overseas Territories.
KM#918a denotes the sterling silver variant; a cupro-nickel circulation strike exists under the base KM number.