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Gibraltar | 5 Pounds, 1995 | Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II and National Coat of Arms | Reverse: Moorish Castle and Tariq ibn Ziyad, Muslim commander who led the Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711–718 A.D. He led a large army and crossed the Strait of Gibraltar from the North African coast, consolidating his troops at what is today known as the Rock of Gibraltar | Watermark: Queen Elizabeth II | |
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