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500 Pounds - Charles III St George & The Dragon, Silver Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The celebrated St. George and the Dragon composition by Benedetto Pistrucci, adapted at monumental scale for this kilo issue. St. George, depicted as a muscular nude warrior wearing a crested helmet and flowing cloak, is shown on horseback charging to the right, driving a broken lance downward into the winged dragon prostrate beneath the horse's hooves. The scene is contained within a raised inner circle, below which the engraver's name PISTRUCCI appears in the exergue above a decorative Garter buckle motif. The circumferential legend HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE, the motto of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, runs around the outer border, all set against a deeply polished proof field. |
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The 500-pound denomination exists purely as a vehicle for this format — a kilo of fine silver at 100mm is the Royal Mint's largest standard proof configuration, and attaching face value to it is a legal formality rather than a monetary reality. What matters here is the St George commission: the Mint has returned to this subject repeatedly since Benedetto Pistrucci's original 1817 design, and the tension between honoring that template and refreshing it for a new reign has defined every modern iteration of the type.
Charles III's accession in 2022 triggered a full redesign cycle across all denominations, with effigy and reverse pairings reconsidered for the first time in seventy years.