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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Westland Lysander
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, diademed and draped, as modelled by Raphael David Maklouf. The Queen wears the George IV State Diadem. The peripheral legend reads ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR 2008, with the engraver's initials RDM appearing below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Westland Lysander was designed as an army co-operation aircraft but found its true purpose in clandestine Special Operations Executive missions over occupied Europe, landing agents in dark fields by moonlight. Gibraltar's role in these operations was peripheral, which makes the issuing authority something of an odd fit for this subject — the coin belongs to a broader British commemorative program marketed through the territory rather than reflecting any specific local history.
Production of the Lysander ceased in 1942 after 1,786 aircraft.