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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Nelson Wounded at Santa Cruz
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2005 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2005 RDM |
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| Reverse lettering | 1805 TRAFALGAR 2005 FIVE POUNDS |
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Issued to mark the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar, this coin belongs to a wider Gibraltar series commemorating specific episodes from Nelson's naval career. The Santa Cruz reference is to the 1797 assault on Tenerife — a disastrous British amphibious attack in which Nelson took grapeshot to his right arm, necessitating amputation above the elbow that same night aboard HMS Theseus. He reportedly wrote his after-action dispatch left-handed within days. The wound effectively ended his career as a boarding officer but did nothing to curtail his command.