Gibraltar 1992-AA penny

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This one penny coin issued for the British colony of Gibraltar is one of the few coins that may actually circulate there. The Gibraltar section of the SCWC is stuffed with non-circulating commemoratives minted under license by the Pobjoy mint and marketed to collectors worldwide. This type was issued 1988-95 and for 1992 is known with "AA" and "BB" privy marks on the reverse. Other circulating issues include the two, five, ten, twenty and fifty pence.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: bronze, 20.5 mm diameter, designed by Raphael Maklouf (obverse) and Alfred Ryman (reverse).

Catalog reference: KM 20.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Gibraltar 1988-AA 20 pence
• 1991 5 crowns, Olympic Games
• 1993 1/5 crown, Edward VIII
• Gibraltar 1999 1/2 crown
• Coins and currency dated 1992
• return to coins of Gibraltar