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50 Pence - Charles III Anne of Cleves
| Issuer | States of Guernsey |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Currency | Pound (decimalized, 1971-date) |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned left-facing effigy of King Charles III occupying the central field, rendered in high relief with fine hair detail. The peripheral legend reads CHARLES III · BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY, arranged around the upper and lateral edges of the equilateral curve heptagonal flan. The date 2024, flanked by two raised dots, appears in the lower exergual area. The portrait is engraved by Dom Nokes. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Anne of Cleves is best remembered as the wife Henry VIII annulled after reportedly finding her unattractive in person — a sharp contrast to her flattering Holbein portrait. The marriage lasted six months in 1540. Anne negotiated shrewdly and walked away with a generous settlement, several properties, and the title "the King's Sister," outliving Henry by ten years.
Guernsey has issued a series of 50 pence pieces commemorating Henry's six wives under Charles III's reign. Anne's coin is the fourth in that sequence.