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2 Pounds - Charles III Flying Scotsman Centenary, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, sculpted in high relief against a polished inner disc, the portrait displaying fine naturalistic detail in the hair and facial features with the engraver's initials MJ visible in the field to the right of the truncation. The inner disc is set within a broad outer ring finished in gold tone, bearing the circumferential legend divided by raised dots. The denomination 2 POUNDS and date 2023 appear in the lower portion of the outer ring, with the royal titles CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D continuing around the upper arc. |
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| Mintage | 2023 - Proof |
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Flying Scotsman completed its centenary in 2023, having been built at Doncaster Works and entering service with the Great Northern Railway in February 1923 — just months before the Grouping absorbed the GNR into the newly formed LNER. The locomotive became the first in Britain officially recorded at 100 mph, a claim from 1934 that remains contested by some railway historians but has never been formally overturned.
The piedfort format doubles the standard flan thickness, a production choice borrowed from French medallic tradition that the Royal Mint has applied selectively to commemorative issues since the 1980s.