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Auction: 23050 - The Official Golden BNTA Anniversary Charity Auction
Lot: 41

(g) Charles III (2022-), "Memorial Issues", Commemorative Gold Proof Five-Pounds, 2022, by Martin Jennings and John Bergdahl for the Royal Mint (Llantrisant), CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2022 · first uncrowned head left, MJ below truncation, rev. ELIZABETH REGINA | E II R | 1926 - 2022, two new portraits of young and older Queen Elizabeth II in embellished lozenges, crown above and Royal Cypher below, edges lettered · ELIZABETH II · DEVOTED TO YOUR SERVICE, 39.94g, 12h, brilliant uncirculated, with official Royal Mint box of issue, and Certificate of Authenticity, with the first 'definitive' coinage portrait of His Majesty King Charles III

Kindly donated by Paul Davies Ltd



The Royal Mint lost no time in marking the passing of Queen Elizabeth II by gaining the Royal Assent for a series of Memorial Issues at a Meeting of the Privy Council on 13 September 2022. It is exceedingly rare to mark the passing of a Monarch in this way. Indeed it was actively discussed after the passing of King George V in January 1936 whether such commemoratives would be released, to which the answer was a firm 'no'. As a result one has to venture back to 1820, to record a time when a 'Memorial' Coin was officially produced by the Royal Mint, and the rare circumstance of two monarchs appearing on a coinage in the same year of issue. Owing to the pre-production of Gold Britannias for this calendar year, it is also possible to receive 'Posthumous' examples of the late Queen alongside new issues of His Majesty the King.

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