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| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse lettering | HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III 75 FIVE POUNDS |
| Edge | Milled |
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Guernsey has long operated as a semi-independent issuer of commemorative coinage under the Crown, producing pieces that circulate legally on the island but are manufactured almost exclusively for the collector market. The 75th birthday issue fits squarely into a pattern the island's treasury has pursued since the 1970s — licensing royal milestones as revenue-generating numismatic products, with the actual striking typically contracted to the Pobjoy Mint or the Royal Mint rather than any Guernsey facility.
Charles turned 75 on November 14, 2023, by which point he had already been reigning monarch for just over a year following Elizabeth II's death in September 2022.