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50 Pence - Charles III Zog, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour depiction of Zog, the young orange dragon from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's illustrated children's book of the same name, shown in mid-flight with wings spread and a cheerful expression, rendered in vivid applied colour. A landscape of dark green conifer trees and blue-grey mountains occupies the lower portion of the field, providing scenic context for the airborne dragon. The character's orange and yellow tones contrast with the polished silver field above. The registered trademark name ZOG™ appears in large stylised serif lettering across the upper field, with the trademark symbol superscript to the final letter. |
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Zog I ruled Albania from 1928 until the Italian invasion of April 1939, spending the last decades of his life in exile — much of it in Britain, where he died in 1961. The Royal Mint's decision to feature him in a 2025 commemorative series is curious given his peripheral relationship to the Crown, though his London exile years did bring him into British social orbit. The coin exists primarily because Albanian exile communities and European royalty collectors sustain demand for exactly this kind of peripheral monarchist nostalgia.