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500 Pounds - Charles III The Waterloo Medal - Victory, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | A faithful reproduction of Benedetto Pistrucci's celebrated Waterloo Medal design, depicting the Duke of Wellington and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher as mounted horsemen. Between and above them appears Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, driving the chariot of Zeus across the heavens. The composition is bordered by a frieze of gigantes — mythological figures with serpentine legs — symbolizing the forces of chaos vanquished by allied victory at Waterloo in 1815. The engraver's name PISTRUCCI appears within the design. |
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| Mint | Royal Mint, Llantrisant |
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The Waterloo Medal — the campaign medal issued to all surviving British and King's German Legion soldiers who fought at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 — was itself a numismatic landmark: the first medal issued to every soldier regardless of rank, a policy that had no precedent in British military history. Wellington reportedly disapproved of the egalitarian gesture. The original medal was struck at the Royal Mint using copper from captured French cannon.
This issue marks the 210th anniversary. At 156.3 grams of .9999 fine gold, it sits in a tradition of Royal Mint prestige pieces priced squarely at collectors with no expectation of handling.