1/4 oz Queen's Beasts White Lion Gold Coin (2020)

1/4 oz Queen's Beasts White Lion Gold Coin (2020)

The well known and popular Queen´s beast series includes the White Lion of Mortimer in its long legacy.

Coin Highlights:

• Contains 1/4 oz of .9999 fine Gold.
• Kept in protective packaging. Orders of 25 or more coins come in tubes. Orders of 500 coins or more are packaged in Monster Boxes (20 tubes per box).
• Obverse: Displays the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, along with the face value of 25 pounds.
• Reverse: Designed by Jody Clark, the design features the fierce White Lion of Mortimer holding its shield.
• Sovereign coin backed by the British government.

The entrance to Westminster Abbey was guarded by ten outlandish creatures after Her Majesty The Queen was crowned in the year 1953. The Queen’s Beasts were six-foot tall statues that displayed the long heritage and history Queen Elizabeth II inherited that day. Those royal protectors have been brought to life in a collection named in their honour, which started in the year The Queen became the world’s longest reigning living monarch and continues in the year of Her Majesty’s Sapphire Jubilee.

The White Lion of Mortimer descended to the Queen through Edward IV. The shield shows a white rose encircled by a sun, known as "white rose en soleil". Both of these appear on the Great Seals of Edward IV and Richard III, and were used by George VI while Duke of York. Unlike the Lion of England, The White Lion remains uncrowned.