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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Battle of the Somme, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2016 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse description | A dramatic battlefield scene commemorating the Battle of the Somme, engraved by John Bergdahl, depicts two British infantrymen in steel Brodie helmets advancing across shell-torn ground with rifles at the ready. Dominating the centre field is a Mark I male tank, its distinctive rhomboid hull and unditching beam rendered in fine relief, with a field artillery piece visible to the left. A devastated landscape with shattered trees frames the right background. The engraver's initials 'JB' appear within the field at lower left, flanked by the circular legend and the battle name in the exergue. |
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| Mintage | 2016 - Proof - 25 |
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The Battle of the Somme centenary in 2016 marked one hundred years since the bloodiest single day in British military history — 1 July 1916, when nearly 57,500 British and Commonwealth soldiers became casualties before nightfall. The Royal Mint issued several denominations that year across the commemorative programme, with this gold proof sitting at the top of the range.
Spink's WW13 reference places it within their dedicated World War centenary series cataloguing, a classification system introduced specifically to handle the volume of issues generated by the 2014–2018 commemoration cycle.