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2 Pounds - Charles III Charles I, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 2 Pounds |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2023 - Proof |
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This piece commemorates the 375th anniversary of the execution of Charles I in 1649 — an event that temporarily abolished the monarchy and left England under Cromwellian republican rule for eleven years. The Royal Mint itself was deeply implicated in that political rupture; its output during the Interregnum bore no royal portrait for the first time in centuries.
Charles III issuing a coin honoring his beheaded predecessor carries a certain dynastic irony that the Mint's marketing materials predictably sidestep.