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| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | · 70th BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · 5 POUNDS |
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Gibraltar's commemorative gold program of the 1990s was largely driven by Pobjoy Mint, which produced a steady stream of royal occasion pieces for the territory. The 70th birthday issue for Elizabeth II in 1996 falls squarely within that run — a low-mintage bullion-adjacent piece aimed primarily at collector-investors rather than Gibraltar's domestic market, which was never the real audience for these issues.