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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 5th portrait, Royal Academy of Arts
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Fifth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting the monarch wearing the George IV State Diadem, with a draped neckline. The portrait, modelled by engraver Jody Clark, is set within a beaded inner circle with the royal legend distributed around the periphery of the field. The denomination appears as part of the legend to the lower right, with the engraver's initials 'J.C' incuse below the portrait truncation. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Royal Academy of Arts was founded in 1768 under the patronage of George III, and this coin marks its 250th anniversary. The RA's founding represented an unusual moment of royal pragmatic compromise — George III disliked several of the founding members personally but approved the charter anyway, recognizing the institution's value for elevating British artistic prestige against Continental competition.
Copper-nickel crown-sized pieces of this type see virtually no circulation; they are issued at a premium and move directly into collections. Surviving examples in anything below mint state are almost invariably the result of mishandling rather than commerce.