Gibraltar 1996 1/25 crown KM-420

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Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 75324
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This specimen was lot 75324 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "GIBRALTAR. 1/25 Crown, 1996. Elizabeth II. PCGS PROOF-70 Deep Cameo. Centenary of the Cinema series - Gone with the Wind." Other Hollywood luminaries honored in 1996 included Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Charlie Chaplin, Bruce Lee, the Flintstones, Audrey Hepburn and the Wizard of Oz. All are products of the Pobjoy Mint, which closed in 2023.

Recorded mintage: est. 25,000.

Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 13.9 mm diameter, 0.040 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-62; KM-420.

Source:

  • Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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