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200 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Mary Gillick Portrait; Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9999) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief with fine sculptural detail, after a design by Martin Jennings. The king is depicted bare-headed, with a truncated bust. The surrounding legend reads CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 200 POUNDS, with the date 2026 below, and the engraver's initials MJ appear in the lower field near the neck truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III·D·G·REX·F·D·200 POUNDS·2026· MJ |
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Mary Gillick's portrait of Elizabeth II, used on British and Commonwealth coinage from 1953, was notably never updated during her reign — Gillick herself resisted modifications proposed by the Royal Mint, and the effigy went through quiet, largely undocumented revisions before a compromise was reached. It remained on UK coinage until 1968. Issuing it now on a coin bearing Charles III's name creates a deliberate numismatic tension: two monarchs on a single piece, one of whom never authorized the other's portrait.