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1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Dragon, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Value | 1 Pound (1 GBP) |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in the fourth definitive portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley, the Queen shown with a crowned and draped bust wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. The legend encircles the portrait, with the date and the engraver's initials IRB truncated at the shoulder. The design is executed in fine relief against a mirror-polished proof field. |
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| Edge | Milled with incuse lettering |
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The year-2000 Welsh pound was the second rotation in the Royal Mint's four-nation reverse series for the £1, which had cycled through regional designs since 1983. Wales had already received its first dedicated reverse in 1995; this issue marked its return in the millennial year, chosen partly for the symbolic weight the Royal Mint placed on 2000 releases across its entire proof program. Silver proof strikes of the circulating pound design were produced in limited numbers primarily for collectors and were not legal tender in the same practical sense as the base metal currency pieces.