Gibraltar's status as a British Overseas Territory gives it the legal authority to issue sovereign-format gold coinage, a quirk that has produced a steady stream of commemorative pieces since the 1970s. This issue marks the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, signed at 5:12 a.m. in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne — the guns falling silent six hours later at the eleventh hour.
The Royal Mint itself struck commemoratives for the same centenary. Gibraltar's parallel issue exists entirely in the collector market.
Gibraltar's status as a British Overseas Territory gives it the legal authority to issue sovereign-format gold coinage, a quirk that has produced a steady stream of commemorative pieces since the 1970s. This issue marks the centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918, signed at 5:12 a.m. in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne — the guns falling silent six hours later at the eleventh hour.
The Royal Mint itself struck commemoratives for the same centenary. Gibraltar's parallel issue exists entirely in the collector market.