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Queen's Beasts Gold Coins

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Queen's Beasts White Greyhound of Richmond 1/4oz Gold Coin 2021

1,036.68 €

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Queen's Beasts White Lion of Mortimer 1oz Gold Coin 2020

3,929.70 €

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Buy Queen's Beasts Gold Coins – Ten Royal Heraldic Animals, Complete Series (2016–2022)

The Queen's Beasts gold series from the Royal Mint is a complete, closed series – the ten heraldic animals that flanked the entrance to Westminster Abbey during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation on 2 June 1953, rendered in 999.9/1,000 fine gold coins. With 21 products at CelticGold, the series spans both standard 1/4 oz and 1 oz sizes across all ten animal releases. Since the Red Dragon of Wales (2022) completed the series, no further Queen's Beasts issues will follow.

History – The 1953 Coronation Beasts

Sculptor James Woodford created ten 6-foot plaster figures for the 1953 coronation, each representing a heraldic beast from the royal line of descent – tracing Queen Elizabeth II's ancestry through the English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish dynasties. These ten animals were:

#	Beast	Heraldic origin
1	Lion of England	House of Plantagenet
2	Unicorn of Scotland	Royal House of Scotland
3	Black Bull of Clarence	House of Clarence
4	Falcon of the Plantagenets	House of Plantagenet
5	Yale of Beaufort	House of Beaufort (Lancasters)
6	White Lion of Mortimer	House of Mortimer
7	Griffin of Edward III	House of Windsor/Plantagenet
8	Black Dragon of Wales	House of Tudor (Welsh)
9	White Greyhound of Richmond	House of Richmond
10	Red Dragon of Wales	House of Tudor

Key Facts

Feature	Detail
Mint	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, Wales
Fineness	999.9/1,000
Series	2016–2022 (complete – closed)
VAT	Exempt – EU Investment Gold Directive
Products at CelticGold	21

Available Sizes

Size	Fine weight
1/4 oz	7.776 g
1 oz	31.103 g

UK coins: United Kingdom. Successor: Royal Tudor Beasts. Silver Queen's Beasts: Silver Queen's Beasts. All series: Gold Coins by Series.

FAQ

Is the Queen's Beasts series complete? Yes – all ten animals were issued between 2016 and 2022. The Red Dragon of Wales (2022) was the final issue. No further Queen's Beasts coins will be produced. Complete 10-coin sets in the same size are actively sought by specialist collectors.

Is the Queen's Beasts series becoming more valuable? As a closed series with fixed supply and growing collector demand, it benefits from the same dynamics as any completed numismatic programme: the supply can only decrease as coins enter permanent collections. Complete sets consistently trade at premiums above the sum of individual coin values.