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100 Pounds - Elizabeth II Mahatma Gandhi, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Weight | 31.21 g |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, as sculpted by Jody Clark. The queen's portrait is rendered in fine relief against a polished field, with the Royal cypher initial 'J.C' positioned below the truncation. The encircling legend bears the monarch's titles in abbreviated Latin, with the denomination and date flanking the portrait. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This coin was issued as part of the Royal Mint's series commemorating figures of world historical significance — a program that has drawn periodic criticism for lionizing non-British subjects on British currency. Gandhi's inclusion is pointed given his role in dismantling the very empire whose monarch appears on the obverse. He was imprisoned by British colonial authorities on multiple occasions, most notably during the 1942 Quit India campaign, and died less than a year before India's independence was formally declared.
The Spink reference OB3 places this firmly within the "Great Britons and World Figures" collector series, struck to bullion-coin fineness rather than the traditional .917 used for sovereign coinage.