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1 Crown - Elizabeth II WW1 Air, Gold Plated
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend ELIZABETH II QUEEN OF GIBRALTAR arcs around the upper periphery, with the date 2014 appearing below the portrait and the engraver's initials RDM visible at the truncation. The design is rendered in low relief against a plain field. |
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| Reverse lettering | WW1 - AIR ONE CROWN |
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Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns prolifically since the 1990s, and this 2014 air-themed WW1 centenary piece sits within a very large family of such issues. The Royal Mint had no hand in it — Gibraltar's commemorative program operates through the Gibraltar government's own licensing arrangements, which has produced an enormous volume of gold-plated copper-nickel pieces across dozens of subjects.
The RFC and RNAS merged to form the RAF only in April 1918, meaning the air war commemorated here was fought almost entirely by two separate, rivalrous services.