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5 Sovereigns - Elizabeth II Strength and Stay
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | STRENGTH & STAY GKC |
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Gibraltar's Crown dependency status gives it the legal authority to issue its own coinage, and the territory has used that latitude aggressively since the 1970s to produce collector-focused gold issues largely disconnected from general circulation. This piece was issued in 2020 to mark the 70th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip — the title "Strength and Stay" drawn from a phrase used by the Archbishop of Canterbury in his 1997 address at their Golden Wedding, himself quoting a Victorian hymn.
The five-sovereign format, at five times the gold weight of a standard sovereign, has no minting precedent in British Royal Mint tradition and exists purely within the commemorative market.