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1 Sovereign - Charles III Hanoverian Royal Arms, Proof Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Value | 1 Sovereign |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned right-facing effigy of King Charles III, sculpted by Martin Jennings, occupying the central field with a naturalistic and contemporary portrait style. The King is depicted with short hair and without adornment, in the tradition established for his coinage portrait. The circumferential Latin legend reads CHARLES III·DEI·GRA·REX·FID·DEF·2025·, with the engraver's initials MJ positioned discreetly below the truncation of the neck. The legend is separated by raised pellet stops and follows the curve of the toothed border. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III·DEI·GRA·REX·FID·DEF·2025· MJ (Translation: Charles III by the Grace of God King Defender of the Faith) |
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The piedfort format — a coin struck on a blank twice the standard thickness — has no circulation purpose whatsoever. The Royal Mint revived it as a collector format in 1982, borrowing a tradition that dates to medieval France, where piéforts were struck as presentation pieces for assay records and royal gifts. This example carries the Hanoverian Royal Arms reverse, a design absent from the sovereign series for most of the twentieth century, reintroduced partly to mark the dynastic continuity question that quietly resurfaced with the accession of Charles III in September 2022.