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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Barbary Ape
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 31.103 g |
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| Reverse description | A Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) is depicted seated in three-quarter view atop an ornate tasselled cushion, holding a key suspended on a chain in its lowered left paw — a reference to the symbolic keys of Gibraltar. An elaborate decorative cartouche and foliate scrollwork frame the central motif in the background field. The legend ROYAL SILVER OUNCE and the date 2021 appear in the upper field, while 1 oz FINE SILVER 999 is inscribed in the lower field, confirming the coin's bullion specifications. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Gibraltar's Barbary ape series has run across multiple formats and metals since the 1990s, trading on the colony's peculiar attachment to its resident macaque population — the only wild primates in Europe outside captivity. The superstition that British rule ends if the apes ever disappear from the Rock is old enough that Churchill reportedly ordered their numbers reinforced during World War II when the population dropped dangerously low.
The £2 denomination in .999 silver at this weight puts it squarely in the one-troy-ounce bullion category, though Gibraltar issues it under collector licensing rather than as a circulating coin.