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50 Pence - Elizabeth II Queen's 95th Birthday, Gold Ink
| Issuer | Gibraltar |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1810a |
| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem, as designed by Raphael David Maklouf. The legend encircles the portrait, incorporating the issuer name and denomination, with the date appearing below the bust. The initials RDM identifying the engraver appear on the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II.D.G.REGINA.GIBRALTAR.2021 RDM FIFTY PENCE |
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Gibraltar's commemorative 50 pence program has long operated as a commercial licensing exercise rather than a conventional currency issue, and this piece is squarely in that tradition. The selective gold ink application — a printing process bonded to the coin's surface post-striking — was introduced to the series as a premium variant, with the base type sharing the same dies as the standard cupro-nickel issue.
Elizabeth II turned 95 in April 2021, nine months before her death at 96. She remained head of state for Gibraltar throughout, a constitutional relationship dating to the territory's formal cession under the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.