⅕ Crown - Elizabeth II (Elizabeth I - Gold Ryal 1583-1585) 2003 front ⅕ Crown - Elizabeth II (Elizabeth I - Gold Ryal 1583-1585) 2003 back
⅕ Crown - Elizabeth II (Elizabeth I - Gold Ryal 1583-1585) 2003 photo
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⅕ Crown - Elizabeth II Elizabeth I - Gold Ryal

2003 year
Gold (.9999) 6.22 g 22 mm
Description
Issuer
Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories)
Queen
Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type
Non-circulating coin
Year
2003
Value
⅕ Crown (1⁄20)
Currency
Crown Coinage (1967-date)
Composition
Gold (.9999)
Weight
6.22 g
Diameter
22 mm
Shape
Round (With 1mm pearl)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Updated
2024-10-08
References
Numista
N#369064
Rarity index
100%

Reverse

Queen Elizabeth I holding the Sceptre aboard a ship of the English Fleet, taken from the design on a Gold Ryal

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOLD RYAL 1583–1585
QUADRICENTENNIAL OF THE LIFE OF ELIZABETH 1558–1603
1/5
CROWN

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Similar design was used five years later by British Virgin Islands - see references.

Interesting fact

One interesting fact about this coin is that it features a unique double-portrait design, with Queen Elizabeth II on one side and a depiction of Queen Elizabeth I on the other, in recognition of the 400th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I's Gold Ryal coinage.