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1 Crown - Elizabeth II Vera Lynn - Yours 'till the Stars Lose Their Glory
| Issuer | Gibraltar Government Mint |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing crowned effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem and a drop earring, rendered in high relief against a polished field. The portrait, attributed to designer RDM (Raphael David Maklouf's successor generation portrait), displays finely detailed hair curls and facial features in a mature likeness. The circumferential legend reads ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2020, divided at the base by the denomination ONE CROWN, all in raised Latin characters separated by raised dot stops. |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a large five-pointed star occupying the majority of the field, upon which is superimposed a figure of Dame Vera Lynn standing at a microphone before an audience rendered in low relief, evoking her wartime concert performances. Overlapping the right side of the star is the circular badge of the Burma Star campaign medal, bearing the crowned royal cipher GRI and the inscription THE BURMA STAR around the circumference. Inscribed across the lower portion of the star in the field are the words YOURS 'TILL THE STARS LOSE THEIR GLORY, referencing her celebrated wartime song. The surrounding border legend THE VOICE OF A NATION runs clockwise in raised Latin capitals. |
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Vera Lynn recorded "We'll Meet Again" in 1939, just months before Britain declared war on Germany — a song that became so culturally embedded that it was still being cited in prime ministerial addresses during the 2020 COVID lockdowns, the same year this piece was issued. Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory that endured its own wartime sieges and evacuations, has long leveraged Crown-sized commemoratives as a revenue stream rather than a circulating necessity.
Tombac — a brass alloy — with gold plating has no precious metal value to speak of. Collectors should know that going in.