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5 Pounds - Charles III Royal Coat of Arms, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse lettering | HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE DIEU ET MON DROIT TN 2025 |
| Edge | Reeded |
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The Royal Coat of Arms was redesigned for Charles III's coinage following his accession in September 2022 — the first such update in seventy years. Elizabeth II's version had remained essentially unchanged since 1952, making this a genuinely rare moment of heraldic revision for British currency. The arms themselves reflect a legal instrument, not a design choice: their precise quartering is fixed by royal warrant and cannot be altered at the engraver's discretion.
The five-pound gold proof format traces directly to sovereign-weight traditions the Royal Mint has issued since 1980, when the denomination was revived for collector purposes after decades of dormancy.