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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Sir Winston Churchill
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara, after the portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name and title appear in a circumferential legend around the portrait, with the denomination and date inscribed below. |
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| Reverse lettering | SIR WINSTON LEONARD SPENCER-CHURCHILL · 1874 - 1965 · |
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Churchill had a long personal connection to Gibraltar — as First Lord of the Admiralty during both World Wars, he was intimately involved in its strategic defense, and the Rock's ability to control Atlantic-Mediterranean passage was central to Allied planning in 1942–43. This issue was struck in the year marking the 50th anniversary of his death, part of a broader commemorative push across multiple British territories that produced dozens of overlapping Churchill gold issues, most in fractional weights aimed squarely at the bullion gift market.