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5 Pounds - Charles III King Penguin, silver
| Issuer | Falkland Islands (British Overseas Territories) |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 31.1 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large adult King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) dominates the foreground in left-facing profile, its distinctive yellow-orange auricular patches and graduated plumage rendered in fine detail. Two smaller penguins are depicted in the middle ground on each side of the central figure, set against a stylised background of rolling ocean waves evoking the South Atlantic coastal habitat of the Falkland Islands. The reverse legend FALKLAND ISLANDS KING PENGUIN is arranged around the upper and lower periphery of the design. |
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The Falkland Islands has issued penguin-themed coinage for decades, but the King Penguin holds particular local weight — the islands host one of the largest King Penguin colonies in the world at Volunteer Point, a population that has grown substantially since hunting pressure ended in the early twentieth century. This is among the first Falklands issues to carry the effigy of Charles III following the lengthy transition from Elizabeth II coinage that began after her death in September 2022.