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5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Arnold Machin Portrait
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Charles III facing left, rendered in high relief with finely detailed hair and facial features, after the portrait by Martin Jennings. The legend CHARLES III·D·G·REX·F·D·5 POUNDS·2026· curves continuously around the periphery, with the designer's initials MJ appearing in small characters below the truncation in the right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III·D·G·REX·F·D·5 POUNDS·2026· MJ (Translation: Charles III by the Grace of God King Defender of the Faith) |
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Arnold Machin's portrait of Elizabeth II, originally sculpted in 1964 and adopted for coinage in 1968, became the longest-running effigy in British monetary history — used unaltered on circulating coinage for over three decades. This commemorative pairs that portrait with Charles III's effigy, a combination impossible in circulation since Machin died in 1999 and Elizabeth II in 2022. The Royal Mint's decision to revisit the Machin portrait here is partly archival: the original plaster model is held in the Mint's own collection.