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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Two Shillings
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Thickness | 3 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed with the George IV State Diadem, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The portrait is encircled by a legend reading ELIZABETH II D G REGINA GIBRALTAR with the date 2021, and the denomination ONE CROWN appears below the bust. The initials RDM, referencing the engraver, are present on the truncation. The design is rendered in a neoclassical style characteristic of Maklouf's third definitive portrait of the Queen. |
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| Obverse lettering | · ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2021 · ONE CROWN RDM |
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Gibraltar's crown-sized issues have long occupied an awkward commercial space — legal tender on paper, souvenir product in practice. This piece continues that tradition, struck for the collector market rather than circulation, with gold plating over copper-nickel doing most of the aesthetic work. The KM#1852 reference places it within a sprawling series of Gibraltar commemoratives that expanded aggressively through the 2010s and into the 2020s, targeting thematic collector sets rather than numismatic depth.
The "Two Shillings" denomination is a vestige of pre-decimal Gibraltar coinage, retained here largely as branding.