1 oz, UK, 2021, Silver, Queen's Beasts Completer
1oz, UK, 2021, Silver, Queen's Beasts Completer Coin. The coin completes the Queen's Beasts series and combines all the Beasts in one image
"For the series finale, Jody was set the formidable challenge of capturing all ten beasts side by side in a single design. The result is a remarkable feat of miniaturisation, a testament to his deft touch and the skills he has honed working in this format. The visual impact is both impressive and immediate. Presented together on one coin, these magnificent royal guardians - lions, a griffin, a falcon, a bull, a yale, a greyhound, a dragon, a unicorn, and a horse - exude the power and symbolism associated with the British monarch." as stated by the Royal Mint.
The Queen's Beasts heraldic statues representing the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II stood in front of the temporary western annexe to Westminster Abbey for the Queen's coronation in 1953. Each of The Queen's Beasts consists of a heraldic beast supporting a shield bearing a badge or arms of a family associated with the ancestry of Queen Elizabeth II. They were commissioned by the British Ministry of Works by sculptor James Woodford. The statues were uncolored except for their shields at the coronation. They are now on display in the Canadian Museum of History. There are other statues of the Queen's Beasts, sometimes referred to as the King's Beasts, at Hampton Court Palace and Kew Gardens in London, and on the roof of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Coin Specifications:
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Country |
United Kingdom |
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Year |
2021 |
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Value |
1 Oz Fine Silver, 2 Pounds, Two Pounds, £2 |
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Metal |
1 troy oz Fine Silver .999 |
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Weight |
31.210gm |
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Diameter |
38.61mm |
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Thickness |
3 mm |
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Obverse Design |
Jody Clark(JC) |
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Reverse Design |
Jody Clark(JC) |
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Shape |
Round |
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Last issue of series |
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Obverse |
Features the crowned old head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation (her effigy known as the "Fifth Portrait"). Lettering: ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS · J.C (initials) |
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Reverse |
Features in a small circle at its center the Jody Clark effigy of Queen Elizabeth II (which is also on the obverse) Surrounding that, in ten sectors are the depictions of all ten Beasts in the series; clockwise from top: - the Lion of England, - the Red Dragon of Wales, - the Griffin of Edward III, - the Unicorn of Scotland, - the Black Bull of Clarence, - the Falcon of the Plantagenets, - the Yale of Beaufort, - the White Lion of Mortimer, - the White Horse of Hanover, and - the White Greyhound of Richmond. Lettering: THE QUEEN'S BEASTS 2021 J.C (initials, on the background of the thin chain-mail pattern) |
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Edge |
Milled (no inscription) |
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Mintage |
Proof Mintage |
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2021 |
7,260 |
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- Material
- Fine-Silver
- Denomination
- £2
1 oz - Shape
- Round
- Time
- 2000s
- Object
- Person (king, queen, tsar, president)
- Rulers
- Queen Elizabeth II