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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II-70th Birthday
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 1996 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features the royal cypher EIIR rendered in bold relief, surmounted by the numeral 70 within an ornate circular ribbon arrangement of intertwining Celtic-style knotwork bands. Beneath the cypher, the Gibraltar Arms — a castle with a key suspended below — is prominently displayed. The circumferential legend reads · 70th BIRTHDAY OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II · around the upper portion of the field, with the denomination 5 POUNDS inscribed in the lower field below the castle device. A dentilated border surrounds the entire composition. |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Gibraltar's commemorative program in the 1990s was unusually prolific, issuing multiple collector pieces annually under licensing arrangements that gave the territory considerable latitude in subject matter well beyond its own history. The 70th birthday issue was part of a broader wave of royal commemoratives produced across British Overseas Territories that year, with several jurisdictions striking near-identical programs simultaneously.
KM#354a designates the silver variant, distinguished from a base-metal counterpart struck for the same release.