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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Elizabeth I
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2008-2009 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted wearing the George IV State Diadem and draped in regal attire, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend arcs around the periphery of the field, reading ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR followed by the date and the engraver's initials RDM. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2009 RDM |
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This issue belongs to Gibraltar's extensive series pairing Elizabeth II with historical English monarchs — a program that generated dozens of types across multiple years and became one of the Pobjoy Mint's more prolific licensing arrangements with the territory. Gibraltar's status as a British Overseas Territory gives it the legal right to issue crown-sized commemoratives bearing the reigning monarch's effigy, a privilege it has exercised more aggressively than almost any comparable jurisdiction. Elizabeth I's connection to Gibraltar is essentially nil — the Rock was not ceded to Britain until the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, over a century after her death.