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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II England '66 - England vs Argentina
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | The central field displays two heraldic shield-shaped flags rendered in selective colour: at left, the Cross of St George (white field with red cross) representing England, and at right, the light blue and white horizontal bands of Argentina. Above the shields, the curved legend reads ENGLAND '66 - 40TH ANNIVERSARY, with QUARTER FINAL / 23RD JULY 1966 inscribed beneath it. Below the shields, the match result ENGLAND 1 ARGENTINA 0 and venue EMPIRE STADIUM : WEMBLEY : 88,000 are inscribed, followed by a facsimile signature of Bobby Moore and the denomination FIVE POUNDS along the lower rim. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued forty years after England's 1966 World Cup victory, this Gibraltar commemorative sits in a crowded field of British-market football releases from the mid-2000s — Gibraltar was a prolific producer of such pieces, leveraging its issuing authority to supply collector demand that the Royal Mint rarely chose to meet directly. The selective colour application, applied after striking, was a widely adopted technique among commemorative producers of this period rather than anything unique to this piece.
The 1966 quarter-final against Argentina at Wembley was abandoned by FIFA referee Rudolf Kreitlein after he sent off Antonio Rattín, who refused to leave the pitch for nearly ten minutes.