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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Eurofighter Typhoon
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1380 |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as sculpted by Raphael David Maklouf. The sovereign's portrait is shown in a draped bust style, with fine detail in the diadem and hair. The surrounding legend reads ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2008, with the engraver's initials RDM appearing below the truncation. The design is set against a flat, polished proof field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar's defense-themed commemorative program in the 2000s leaned heavily on British military hardware, and the Eurofighter Typhoon was a natural subject — the aircraft had achieved Initial Operating Capability with the RAF only in 2003, making this a near-contemporaneous issue. Development of the Typhoon stretched across four decades and seven nations, with the original feasibility studies dating to 1979 and unit costs eventually exceeding £125 million per airframe.
Gibraltar itself hosts no Typhoon squadron; the nearest permanent deployment at the time of striking was RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire.