Saint Helena 1 Pound - Charles III, 2023

1 Pound - Charles III from Saint Helena. Issued in 2023. Struck in Silver (.999). Measures 38.6 mm and weighs 31.14 g.

Obverse

Left-facing effigy of His Majesty King Charles III. (Charles III, by the Grace of God, King and Defender of the Faith)

Reverse

William Wyon’s interpretation of St George & the Dragon, an iconic image that has become synonymous with his early rival, Benedetto Pistrucci, is full of energy as St George slays the mighty dragon beneath his rearing steed, believed to have been modelled upon Prince Albert’s favourite horse, ‘Imaun’. In 1844 Wyon was personally commissioned to design a medal for Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert. Albert was a progressive thinker, an evangelist for technological progress, a supporter of human rights causes such as emancipation and, perhaps most famously, a patron of the Arts, becoming President of the Society of Arts in 1843 before it gained its royal charter in 1847.

Edge

Reeded