Gibraltar Gold Coins 50 Pounds 1980 Admiral Horatio Nelson
Commemorative issue: 175th Anniversary - Death of Admiral Nelson
Obverse: Bust of Queen Elizabeth II right.
Obverse Designer: Arnold Machin
Reverse: Bust of Vice-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson right of ship HMS Victory at left looking left.
Reverse Designer: Philip Nathan
Composition: Gold.
Fineness: 0.917.
Weight: 15.9760 g.
AGW: 0.4710 oz.
Admiral Horatio Nelson
Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, in full Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe, also called (1797–1798) Sir Horatio Nelson, or (1798–1801) Baron Nelson of the Nile and Burnham Thorpe (born Sept. 29, 1758, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England — died October 21, 1805, at sea, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain), British naval commander in the wars with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, who won crucial victories in such battles as those of the Nile (1798) and of Trafalgar (1805), where he was killed by enemy fire on the HMS Victory. In private life he was known for his extended love affair with Emma, Lady Hamilton, while both were married.