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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II D-Day Landings
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Reverse description | A colorized scene depicting Allied troops wading ashore during the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944, with landing craft and naval vessels visible in the background amid bursting shells and smoke. The composition conveys the intensity and scale of the Normandy invasion through dramatic perspective and fine engraving detail by David Cornell. A prominent colored red poppy, symbolic of remembrance, is superimposed over the central field. The denomination FIVE POUNDS is inscribed along the lower portion of the design, with the legend D-DAY LANDING arcing above. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar's commemorative output in the early 2000s was prolific to the point of exhaustion, but the D-Day sixtieth anniversary provided genuine occasion. The landings of 6 June 1944 involved Gibraltar directly as a staging and coordination hub — Force H operated from the Rock, and the colony's dockyard processed substantial Allied naval traffic throughout the Northwest Africa and Mediterranean campaigns that preceded Overlord.
KM#1170 was struck by the Pobjoy Mint under license, as was standard practice for Gibraltar issues of this period.