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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing truncated effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend 'ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR' arcs above the portrait, with the date '2004' and the engraver's initials 'RDM' positioned in the lower field. The portrait is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar issued commemorative silver in substantial sizes throughout the 2000s, and this piece falls squarely within that output. The D-Day hook is the 64th anniversary — 2008 being neither a round figure nor tied to any particular policy moment, which was common enough for smaller jurisdictions working the commemorative market rather than marking genuine historical inflections.
Operation Overlord's planning stages did pass through Gibraltar directly: the Rock served as a staging and signals hub in the lead-up to the North African campaigns, and Eisenhower established his advance headquarters in the tunnels there before the November 1942 torch landings. That connection is real, even if the 2008 issue date is commercially motivated.