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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Younger Queen Elizabeth in Evening Gown, Platinum
| Issuer | Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | Central effigy of a younger Queen Elizabeth II depicted in a formal evening gown and wearing a pearl necklace, set within a partial laurel wreath. The composition commemorates the 80th anniversary of Her Majesty's birth, evoking an earlier, more youthful royal portrait rendered in a classical engraved style. The denomination FIVE POUNDS and the commemorative legend 80 GLORIOUS YEARS are inscribed within the design field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Gibraltar's coin program has long operated as a commercial vehicle for the Royal Mint's overflow collectors market, issuing commemorative denominations with little connection to actual Gibraltarian monetary circulation. This 2006 platinum piece belongs to a series of portrait tributes issued in multiple metal variants simultaneously — gold, silver, and platinum strikes sharing the same dies, differentiated only by metal and mintage allocation.
KM#1286a is the platinum variant of that multi-metal release. Platinum strikes in Gibraltar commemorative series from this period typically carry the lowest mintages of any variant, though documentation from the issuing authority is inconsistent.