The 150th Open Championship was held at St Andrews in July 2022, the course that has hosted more Opens than any other and which the R&A — the governing body that organises the event — calls home. Gibraltar has issued commemorative pound coins tied to major sporting events with some regularity, largely because such pieces are struck for collector sale rather than general circulation, making KM#1879 essentially a purpose-built souvenir of an anniversary that the golfing world had anticipated for years.
The 150th Open Championship was held at St Andrews in July 2022, the course that has hosted more Opens than any other and which the R&A — the governing body that organises the event — calls home. Gibraltar has issued commemorative pound coins tied to major sporting events with some regularity, largely because such pieces are struck for collector sale rather than general circulation, making KM#1879 essentially a purpose-built souvenir of an anniversary that the golfing world had anticipated for years.