UEFA Euro 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but deliberately retained its original name — making this coin's date accurate to the competition's branding rather than its actual occurrence. Gibraltar has issued UEFA-licensed numismatic products since the governing body began expanding its commercial partnerships in the 2010s, a relationship that has produced some of the more aggressively embellished collector pieces in modern British territorial minting. The twelve crystals embedded in the design correspond directly to the twelve founding nations of the original European Championship.
UEFA Euro 2020 was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but deliberately retained its original name — making this coin's date accurate to the competition's branding rather than its actual occurrence. Gibraltar has issued UEFA-licensed numismatic products since the governing body began expanding its commercial partnerships in the 2010s, a relationship that has produced some of the more aggressively embellished collector pieces in modern British territorial minting. The twelve crystals embedded in the design correspond directly to the twelve founding nations of the original European Championship.