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100 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, 1 oz Fine Gold
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Value | 100 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a classically rendered seated figure of Britannia, personification of the British nation, facing left and holding a long trident in her right hand. A shield rests at her side and an owl, symbol of wisdom, perches upon her left knee. The design by Robert Hunt evokes the long tradition of Britannia imagery on British coinage. The legend BRITANNIA ONE OUNCE FINE GOLD appears above the figure, with the date 2013 inscribed in the exergue below. |
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| Reverse lettering | BRITANNIA ONE OUNCE FINE GOLD 2013 |
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The 2013 date places this coin in the transitional period following the Royal Mint's relocation from Tower Hill in London to Llantrisant in Wales — a move completed in 1980 but whose downstream effects on production capacity made the expanded bullion program of the 2010s possible. The Britannia series shifted to .9999 fineness that same year, up from the previous .9167 standard, a change driven partly by competitive pressure from the Canadian Maple Leaf and Austrian Philharmonic.
Ian Rank-Broadley's fourth portrait, used here, was introduced in 1998 and remained current until Jody Clark's effigy replaced it in 2015.