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2 Pounds - Elizabeth II The Girdle of Hippolyta
| Issuer | Government of Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023) |
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Part of Gibraltar's "Labours of Hercules" series issued around the turn of the millennium, this piece commemorates the ninth labour — the retrieval of the war-girdle belonging to Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons. The myth carried particular political charge: Hera's interference, disguised among the Amazons to provoke war, turns a diplomatic mission fatal. Gibraltar's choice to serialize all twelve labours across bimetallic two-pound coins was a deliberate collector strategy, producing low-mintage issues with limited genuine circulation.