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50 Pence - Charles III Coronation Regalia - The Eagle Ampulla
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Eagle Ampulla is one of the oldest surviving pieces of English coronation regalia, used to hold the holy oil with which the sovereign is anointed during the ceremony. The vessel in its current form dates to after the original was melted down during the Commonwealth period — Cromwell's government liquidated the medieval regalia in 1649. The replacement, cast in gold in the shape of an eagle, has been used at every coronation since Charles II in 1661.
Guernsey has issued coronation-themed coinage since Elizabeth II's accession and continues the practice here as a Crown Dependency with its own issue authority.