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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Battle of Waterloo
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic battle scene depicting mounted cavalry and infantry soldiers in close combat at the Battle of Waterloo, with a large standard or flag billowing prominently above the melee and lances and bayonets raised in the field. To the right, a smaller inset circular medallion portrays a mounted commander on horseback on a raised plinth, referencing the Duke of Wellington. The legend THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO arcs along the upper border and the denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed along the lower border, both set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar has issued commemorative crowns under its own authority since 1967, a quirk of its constitutional status that allows the territory to produce legal tender independently of the Royal Mint. The Battle of Waterloo connection is thin — Wellington was British, not Gibraltarian — and this piece belongs to the broader wave of generic commemorative silver struck for the collector market rather than from any particular local historical stake in the subject.