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2 Pounds - Charles III George Orwell, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#2854b |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A stylised human eye occupies the central field of the inner disc, its iris rendered with concentric radiating lines and the pupil as a raised hemisphere, evoking the omniscient surveillance of Big Brother from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. The words BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU arc around the interior of the eye in raised lettering. Radiating segments in alternating finishes extend outward to the raised outer ring, which bears the inscription GEORGE ORWELL along the lower arc. The designer's initials HDG appear at the lower right of the inner field. |
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Orwell spent the final years of his life on Jura, writing Nineteen Eighty-Four while seriously ill with tuberculosis — he died in January 1950, just months after the novel was published. The Royal Mint's decision to honor him is not without irony that commentators have noted openly: a man who wrote extensively about state surveillance and propaganda appearing on government-issued currency.
The piedfort format doubles the standard flan thickness, a technique revived by the Royal Mint in the 1980s for collector issues. The .925 silver specification places this squarely in the bullion-collector crossover category rather than the commemorative proof tier.