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1 Crown - Elizabeth II World Cup - Two players, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1990 |
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| Currency | Crown Coinage (1967-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 1990 RDM |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gibraltar's football commemoratives of 1990 coincided with the territory's complicated relationship with Spain — the land border had only been fully reopened in 1985 after a sixteen-year closure ordered by Franco in 1969. Issuing a coin to mark a World Cup hosted by Spain carried a quiet political edge that the Royal Mint's involvement did nothing to diminish.
KM#37a is the silver proof variant of a type also struck in cupro-nickel. The .925 specification matches the standard then used across most Commonwealth commemorative crown-sized issues of the period.