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BIOT: 2 pounds Queen Beasts series 2021

Started by eurocoin, February 25, 2021, 01:08:53 PM

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eurocoin

Pobjoy Mint is going to issue a series of 10 commemorative 2 pound coins depicting the Queen's Beast. The first coin in the series, depicting the Lion of England. The base-metal coins have a mintage of 2,750 pieces each.




MCz

Lucky me that I ordered it but it was again nightmare with pobjoy website error 502 like in case of Hercules coins last year.

Jostein

Quote from: MCz on February 25, 2021, 01:52:32 PM
Lucky me that I ordered it but it was again nightmare with pobjoy website error 502 like in case of Hercules coins last year.

The same for me...Error 502 all the time. At the end, I ordered one coin.
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future" - John F. Kennedy

http://www.bimetallic-coins.com

Deeman

#3
When Her Majesty the Queen was crowned on 2 June 1953, ten statues were created to form a guard of honour at the entrance to Westminster Abbey.
Presumably they will follow the UK £5 order of issue:

The Lion of England with the Arms of the UK
The Unicorn of Scotland with the Royal Arms of Scotland
The Red Dragon of Wales with the Arms of Llywelyn
The Black Bull of Clarence with the Royal Arms of England (1399-1603)
The Falcon of the Plantagenets with the Falcon and Fetterlock Badge of Edward IV
The Yale of Beaufort with the Beaufort Portcullis Badge of the Tudors
The White Lion of Mortimer with the Rose en Soleil Badge of York
The White Horse of Hanover with the Arms of Great Britain (1714-1801)
The White Greyhound of Richmond with a Tudor Rose, royally crowned
The Griffon of Edward III with the Badge of the House of Windsor

Deeman

Wonder if BAT and SGSSI will follow suit? And maybe British Virgin Islands also?

avle64e

Reflecting on my attitude to the British Indian Ocean Territory. I tend to think to join the world community and not recognize this territory. ((((To make it clear-I could not buy a coin. And I won't be able to survive this nightmare 9 more times. There is not even a permanent population there, only employees on a military base. Well, what kind of coins can they have? (((((((Souvenirs only. :(

<k>

Visit the website of The Royal Mint Museum.

See: The Royal Mint Museum.

Deeman

Quote from: <k> on February 25, 2021, 06:07:46 PM
I had never heard of a heraldic yale before.

I have previously read that it comes from the Arabic word 'Eyal' for mountain goat (means "might, strength" in Hebrew). The tusks were added as an heraldic adornment.

Deeman

#8
The lion's head is very similar to the uncrowned lion design produced by the Royal Mint for the White Lion of Mortimer.

The original Lion of England statue was placed separately from the others at the annexe entrance to the Abbey.

Deeman

Queen's beasts at Westminster Abbey.

Deeman

#10
The Lion of England features the Arms of the UK as they have been since Queen Victoria's accession in 1837. Her accession ended the personal union between the UK and Hanover, as Salic law prevented a woman from ascending the Hanoverian throne. The escutcheon of Hanover was thus removed and the Royal Arms remained the same.
The lion is one of the earliest animals to appear in royal emblems a traditional symbol of bravery, strength and valour. The first recorded use was the gift of a blue shield, decorated with small golden lions, given to Geoffrey Plantagenet by Henry I as he married Henry's daughter Matilda, in 1127. As long as England has had a shield of its own, it has always featured the lion in some form. The Norman kings of England used motifs featuring the ferocious beast, a tradition made consistent under Henry II and his son Richard I 'Lionheart' in the 12th century.

[The Arms have an Irish harp or clarsach in the third quarter. These are smaller than regular harps and use levers to change notes while regular harps use pedals.]

eurocoin

The release of the second coin in the series has been postponed further. The coin will be released after Easter.

Deeman

Second coin in the series depicting the Queen's Beasts has now been issued by Pobjoy Mint - The White Greyhound of Richmond.

Deeman

The Queen's Beasts, White Greyhound of Richmond.

Design features the head of a greyhound and a Tudor Rose, royally crowned in a shield.
The rose shows the association of the red and the white elements of Lancaster and York respectively, emphasising the union of the rival houses.
A symbol associated with qualities such as fitness and skill, as well as faithfulness and loyalty, the greyhound was first used as a royal beast by Edward III. Closely associated with the House of Lancaster, it later became a symbol of the Tudor family when it was bestowed on Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his half-brother Henry VI. After slaying Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, Edmund's son was crowned Henry VII. He used the white greyhound to display his Tudor and Lancastrian ancestry, denoting his right to rule.

MCz

Unfortunatelly, I noticed e-mail from Pobjoy 11 minutes after received and coins were already sold out. Only silver version avaliable.