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1000 Pounds - Charles III 1 kg Fine Gold
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Technique | Proof |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of King Charles III, sculpted in high relief by Martin Jennings, occupying the central field with finely modelled facial features and naturalistic detail. The portrait is rendered in a contemporary style without a crown or diadem, consistent with the standard effigy adopted for coinage following the King's accession. The engraver's initials 'MJ' appear below the truncation of the bust. A circular Latin legend reads 'CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 1000 POUNDS' around the upper portion of the coin, with the date '2026' appearing at the base of the obverse field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Royal Mint's one-kilogram gold issues occupy a peculiar commercial space: technically legal tender at face value, yet struck in quantities so small and priced so far above nominal value that circulation is structurally impossible. The £1,000 denomination was assigned to this format during the Queen Elizabeth II series and carried forward unchanged into the Charles III coinage — a bookkeeping convention rather than any monetary decision.
At .9999 fineness, this sits one step above the traditional British gold standard of .9167, a specification adopted to compete directly with the Canadian Maple Leaf and Australian Kangaroo bullion programs.