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1 Sovereign - Elizabeth II The Dragon Conquered
| Issuer | Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II in right-facing profile, depicting the sovereign diademed with the George IV State Diadem, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a polished field. The encircling legend reads ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · GIBRALTAR, with the date 2021 and engraver's initials RDM positioned below the effigy. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA · REGINA · GIBRALTAR · 2021 · RDM |
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Gibraltar has issued sovereign-sized gold pieces since 1975, operating largely outside the Royal Mint's purview and with considerably more freedom in design choices. The "Dragon Conquered" reverse is part of a long-running series of St. George variants that Gibraltar has used to differentiate its sovereigns from the standard British issue — a commercial decision as much as an aesthetic one, targeting collector markets that find the unvarying Benedetto Pistrucci reverse less interesting after two centuries of repetition.
Elizabeth II died in September 2022, making 2021 issues among the final currency-format gold pieces struck in her name by any issuing authority.