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| Issuer | The Gambia |
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| Year | 1977 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Gambia issued this piece in 1977 as part of a broader wave of wildlife conservation coinages that swept through Commonwealth nations during the 1970s, many produced under contract by the Franklin Mint or the Royal Mint to generate foreign exchange rather than circulate domestically. These coins rarely saw a single day of actual use.
The 28.28g sterling specification was the Commonwealth standard weight adopted for commemorative crowns of this period, shared across dozens of unrelated nations and issues — a commercial decision driven by collector market expectations, not any Gambian monetary policy.