{"id":3506,"date":"2022-04-21T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.towermint.co.uk\/?post_type=dt_portfolio&p=3506"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:18:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T11:18:37","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-96th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"dt_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.towermint.co.uk\/project\/queen-elizabeth-ii-96th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Gibraltar Queen Elizabeth II 96th Birthday Sovereign Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2022 Gibraltar Queen Elizabeth II 96th Birthday Sovereign Collection<\/h1>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A milestone Royal Birthday for Queen Elizabeth II at she celebrates her 96th Birthday, commemorated with a Sovereign Collection struck by the Royal Correspondent, Jennie Bond at Tower Mint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On 21st April, the Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms celebrated her 96th birthday. The Queen did not celebrate her birthday publicly this year, as she chose to celebrate in private, at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, where her late husband, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, spent many of his final years.<\/p>\n

Obverse Design: <\/strong>The obverse design will feature the inscription; ELIZABETH II \u2022 D \u2022 G \u2022 REGINA \u2022 GIBRALTAR, which reads as; \u2022 ELIZABETH II \u2022 BY \u2022 THE \u2022 GRACE \u2022 OF \u2022 GOD \u2022 QUEEN \u2022 OF \u2022 GIBRALTAR \u2022 surrounding the Raphael Maklouf [created in 2022] Queen Elizabeth II effigy, and the year in which the coin is struck.<\/p>\n

Reverse Design: <\/strong>The designs feature a remastering of the first effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Mary Gillick, with the inscription \u2018ELIZABETH II \u2022 DEI GRA REGINA\u2019 which translates to \u2018BY THE GRACE OF GOD \u2022 QUEEN ELIZABETH II\u2019. The Queen is surrounded by a wreath in the style of many British coins struck between the 17th and early 19th centuries. The wreath remained in use for United Kingdom coins until decimalisation, and still appears on the special silver coins minted each year for the Royal Maundy. Other details are added including sprigs of oak inspired by the House of Windsor, the shield from the Royal Coat of Arms of the British Monarch, and St Edward\u2019s Crown, the official coronation crown which Queen Elizabeth II wore at her own coronation in 1953. The Double and Quintuple Sovereigns also include a border with the inscription reading, \u2018I DECLARE BEFORE YOU ALL THAT MY WHOLE LIFE WHETHER IT BE LONG OR SHORT SHALL BE DEVOTED TO YOUR SERVICE AND THE SERVICE OF OUR GREAT IMPERIAL FAMILY TO WHICH WE ALL BELONG\u2019, taken from the then Princess Elizabeth\u2019s speech in 1947 as she dedicated her life to the service of the Commonwealth.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1627911567539{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;}”]ISSUED BY: GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]GOLD: Quarter, Half, Full, Double & Quintuple Sovereigns
\nDiameter:<\/strong> Various | Quality:<\/strong> PROOF | Weight:<\/strong> Various | Metal:<\/strong> 916 Au[\/vc_column_text]