Did someone say BEAST?
It’s GOAT time! 🐐
Friday the most recent addition to the Queen’s Beasts collection arrived at my door. This coin, the Yale of Beaufort, is number seven in the series. The coin is a product of the Royal Mint and is 2oz of .9999 fine silver. The Yale appears to be a vicious, polka dotted goat/ram with a serious set of incisors.
At the coronation of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, ten statues “stood guard” for the ceremony. Each was a beast representing every family in the Queen’s ancestry. The Queen’s Beast coins honor these statues and the royal family.
The seven coins released thus far include:
- The Lion of England
- The Griffin of Edward III
- The Red Dragon of Wales
- The Unicorn of Scotland
- The Black Bull of Clarence
- The Falcon of the Plantagenets
- The Yale of Beaufort
The three coins left to mint include:
- The White Greyhound of Richmond
- The White Horse of Hanover
- The White Lion of Mortimer
Each coin in the series has £5 face value. While the reverse features one of the ten beasts, the inverse of each coin depicts her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Subtle variations in pattern exist in the background of each release.
