Yale of Beaufort 2019 Gold 100 Pounds – Queens Beast One Ounce Coin

1 ounce x 999.9 Fine Gold.

Variety: Brilliant Uncirculated

Maximum Coin Mintage: Unknown

This coin type is the sixth from a series of ten coin designs known as the Queen's Beasts.

The Queen's Beasts are British coins issued by the Royal Mint in platinum, gold, and silver since 2016. Each of the coins in the series features a stylized version of one of the heraldic Queen's Beasts statues present at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II representing her royal line of ancestry. It was announced that engraver Jody Clark will design the entire series; he is best known for also designing the Queen's Fifth definitive portrait, which is on the obverse of the coins.

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 an 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 from sculptor James Woodford. The statues were uncoloured 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. 

The gold one ounce coins are struck in Brilliant Uncirculated grade.

The reverse features, on a textured background, a standing mythical beast, facing left and holding a shield; at the centre of the shield is a crowned portcullis with chains - a Beaufort badge used by King Henry VII, best known today as being on the reverse of the first decimal penny coins, designed by Christopher Ironside.

Around left in the outer rim (on plain background), the inscription YALE OF BEAUFORT. Around right, interrupted by the beast's horns, the metal content and date of issue · 1 oz FINE GOLD · 999.9 · 2019(one ounce of 99.99% gold).

The artist's initials JC (for Jody Clark) are in the lower left field next to the shield.

The obverse of the coin depicts 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").

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials J.C (for Jody Clark).

Running continuously around the effigy is the monarch's legend: ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith, followed by the value and denomination in English.

The obverse has a textured background with a geometric pattern

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