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100 Pounds - Elizabeth II British Pounds Sterling
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 100 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | The shield-shaped Coat of Arms of Gibraltar occupies the central field, depicting a three-towered castle in gold on a white ground with a golden key hanging from the central archway, framed by an ornate olive wreath flanking both sides. A scrolled ribbon banner beneath the shield bears the Latin motto in relief. The denomination '100 POUNDS' is inscribed in two lines below the wreath in bold raised lettering. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gibraltar's 1975 gold issues were produced as the territory's political status was under acute pressure — Spain had closed the land border in 1969 and kept it shut, a situation that would persist until 1982. Issuing prestige bullion coinage was, in part, a mechanism for Gibraltar to assert fiscal and institutional identity during an extended period of isolation. The 31.103g weight matches the troy ounce standard precisely, placing this squarely in the tradition of bullion-equivalent sovereign issues rather than purely commemorative ones.