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2019 Queen's Beast Falcon of Plantagenets 2 oz Silver Coin in direct fit capsule
$ 51.71
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2019 Queen's BeastsFalcon of Plantagenets
2 oz 0.9999 Silver Coin
carefully removed from Mint tube and placed in direct fit capsule
much nicer than cheap flip for lasting storage
The sixth coin in the Queen's Beast series, features the Falcon of Plantagenets
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In 1714, the rulers of the German duchy of Hanover, Georg Ludwig, succeeded to the throne of Great Britain as George I. He brought with him the heraldry of the region, including the ancient device of a white horse on a red background.
At the coronation of Her Majesty The Queen, ten heraldic beasts stood guard. The Queen’s Beasts, sculpted by James Woodford RA for the coronation ceremony held in Westminster Abbey in 1953, stand six feet tall. The heraldic creatures symbolized the various strands of royal ancestry brought together in a young woman about to be crowned queen. Each proud beast, used as a heraldic badge by generations that went before her, was inspired by the King’s Beasts of Henry VIII that still line the bridge over the moat at his Hampton Court Palace.
Mintage is to be determined.