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| Issuer | The Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Thickness | 6.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned, bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief after the portrait by sculptor Martin Jennings. The finely modelled bust truncates at the shoulder and is positioned centrally within a broad, mirror-polished field. The surrounding legend reads CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2024, distributed around the full circumference of the coin in incuse serif lettering. The engraver's initials MJ appear discreetly to the lower right of the portrait truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III·D·G·REX·F·D·10 POUNDS·2024 MJ (Translation: Charles III by the Grace of God King Defender of the Faith) |
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The final entry in a five-coin series issued across several years, this piece was designed to be purchased primarily by collectors who had already committed to the preceding four. The "completer" format is a Royal Mint commercial mechanism — it closes a set, drives late series sales, and typically commands a premium disproportionate to its numismatic individuality. Whether future markets will treat the complete set as genuinely collectible or as a licensed product that aged poorly is an open question the secondary market has not yet answered.