Gold coin Greyhound 1/4 Oz | Tudor Beasts | 2025

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The British Royal Mint was established in 886 and is the official mint of the United Kingdom, responsible for the production of currency and coins for the United Kingdom. The Royal Mint is one of the largest and most technically advanced mints in the world. Today, the Royal Mint is located in Llantrisant, South Wales, and is also responsible for the production of coins for other countries and a range of commemorative coins and medals. It produces circulation and commemorative coins, medals and bullion.

Following the huge success of The Queen's Beasts series,the British Royal Mint has launched a new nine-volume series, The Royal Tudor Beasts, dedicated to the heraldic creatures of the House of Tudor. English heraldry is one of the oldest and most sophisticated in Europe, making it a rewarding and popular subject in numismatics as well. The first heraldic animal is Jane Seymour's Panther, but the British Mint decided to issue a coin with this motif separately outside the series. Therefore the first coin in The Royal Tudor Beasts Collection was the Lion of England, followed by the Yale of Beaufort, the others being the Greyhound of Richmond, the Tudor Dragon, the Unicorn of the House of Seymour, the Royal Dragon, the Queen's Lion, the Black Bull of the Dukes of Clarence and the Queen's Panther. The obverse bears the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the face value of the coin

The Tudor dynasty began to rule England after the War of the Roses after King Henry VII came to the throne. The new family wanted to emphasize the legitimacy of their rule by, among other things, using the symbolism of heraldic emblems. The tradition was continued by Henry VIII. He combined the symbols of his family line with those of his third wife, Jane Seymour. The result is the ten real animals and mythical creatures whose statues can be seen on the bridge at Hampton Court Palace in London.