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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day, Gold Proof

Issuer Gibraltar
Year 2008
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Weight 155.5 g
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Obverse lettering ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2004 RDM
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Reverse lettering D-DAY JUNE 6TH 1944 TEN POUNDS
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Gibraltar's decision to issue commemorative gold in this format placed it among a small group of Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories that effectively used numismatic programs as a primary revenue stream by the 2000s — the coins were never intended to circulate and the territory's relationship with the Royal Mint and private producers like Pobjoy made these large-format proofs a regular fixture of the collector market.

D-Day commemoration by 2008 marked the 64th anniversary — an odd interval, chosen neither for a round number nor an obvious milestone, suggesting the release date was driven more by production scheduling than historical significance.

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