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5 Pounds - Charles III Queen Elizabeth II: The Mary Gillick Portrait, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2026 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mary Gillick's effigy of Elizabeth II, first adopted for coinage in 1953, was notably controversial at the Royal Mint for its lack of a crown — an omission Gillick defended on artistic grounds. The portrait appeared on Commonwealth coinage for over a decade before being superseded by Arnold Machin's design in 1968. Reviving it here for a commemorative issue under Charles III creates an unusual dynastic juxtaposition: a king's coinage bearing his mother's earliest official likeness.