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1000 Pounds - Charles III The Waterloo Medal - Victory, Silver Proof
| Issuer | The Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Waterloo Medal itself has a tortured history: designed by William Wyon and approved in 1816, it was the first British campaign medal issued to every surviving participant regardless of rank — a radical departure from a system that had previously reserved medals for officers. Over 39,000 were eventually distributed, though many soldiers had died or been discharged before the bureaucracy caught up with them.
This piece draws on that medallic lineage directly. At 2010 grams of .999 silver it is among the heaviest modern commemoratives the Royal Mint has produced, a scale more consistent with plate than coinage.