For my first post I thought I would show you some of my favorite coins from my collection.
My graded MS70 Queen’s Beasts ¼ gold bullion collection.
The Queen’s Beasts Collection is a series of ten coins from The Royal Mint, inspired by the ancestral beasts of heraldry, myth and legend that have watched over Her Majesty the Queen throughout her unprecedented reign, from her coronation to her Sapphire Jubilee.
The first in the series the lion of England
The Queen's Beasts are ten heraldic statues depicting the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II.
They were commissioned by the British Ministry of Works from sculptor James Woodford (who was paid the sum of £2,750 for the work) to stand in front of the temporary annex to Westminster Abbey for the Queen's coronation in 1953.
The beasts are some six-foot (1.83 m)
The beasts are: the lion of England, the griffin of Edward III, the falcon of the Plantagenet’s, the black bull of Clarence, the Yale of Beaufort, the white lion of Mortimer, the White Greyhound of Richmond, the red dragon of Wales, the unicorn of Scotland, and the white horse of Hanover.
The second coin in the series the the griffin of Edward III
The third coin to be released in the series was the red Dragon of Wales.
I'm looking forward to the next release in the series. The next coin in bullion should be the Unicorn, but its not clear as Royal Mint have been releasing the coins in a random order.