2 Pounds - Elizabeth II Henry VII, Silver Proof

This piece belongs to the Royal Mint's ongoing Tudor Kings series, marking Henry VII as the logical starting point — he founded the dynasty in 1485 after defeating Richard III at Bosworth Field and spent the following decades consolidating a throne that was far from secure. His monetary reforms are directly relevant here: Henry VII introduced the sovereign in 1489 and later the testoon, the first English coin to carry a realistic portrait rather than a stylized face, fundamentally changing how English coinage represented royal authority.