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50 Pence - Charles III Royal Mews - Windsor Grey Horse
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III · BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY 2024 |
| Reverse description | A Windsor Grey horse depicted in left-facing profile, ridden by a uniformed rider of the Household Cavalry in full ceremonial dress, including plumed helmet and armoured cuirass. The composition is set against a lightly engraved background suggesting the grounds of Windsor Castle or the Royal Mews, with stylised bare tree branches visible in the field. A horizontal line divides the design field from the lower legend panel, which carries the inscriptions WINDSOR GREY HORSE and the denomination 50p in bold relief, flanked on either side by decorative fleur-de-lis motifs. |
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Guernsey has long used its crown dependency status to issue commemorative and thematic coinage outside the constraints of Royal Mint policy, and the Royal Mews series is a direct product of that freedom. The Windsor Greys — the grey horses stabled at the Royal Mews and used to draw state carriages — have served the British royal household since at least the reign of George III, who preferred grey horses for ceremonial use and established the tradition that persists today.
The horses are managed by the Crown Equerry, a position dating to 1854.