1 Crown - Elizabeth II H.M.C.S. Prescott

1 Crown - Elizabeth II (H.M.C.S. Prescott) - obverse1 Crown - Elizabeth II (H.M.C.S. Prescott) - reverse

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Features

Issuer Gibraltar (British Overseas Territories)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1993
Value 1 Crown (0.25)
Currency Crown Coinage (1967-date)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 28.28 g
Diameter 38.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
57520
References KM# 120
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

H.M.C.S. Prescott

Series: Warships of World War II

Obverse

Right facing uncouped bust of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend and date around

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II GIBRALTAR · 1993
RDM
PM

Designer: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse

WWII Warship HMCS Prescott

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1 CROWN
WARSHIPS OF WORLD WAR II
H.M.C.S. PRESCOTT

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Mintmark of Pobjoy Mint (PM) Pobjoy Mint, Surrey, United Kingdom (1965-2023)

Comments

H.M.C.S. (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Prescott was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She served primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as a convoy escort. She was named after Prescott, Ontario.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
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