1/4 OZ QUEEN’s BEASTS PROOF
2017 THE LION
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL |
| Item Description: |
G25PND 2017 G.britain THE LION |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
MikeD3 |
Owner Comments:
The first in the Queen's Beasts series and the coin (in bullion version) that started my interest in numismatics.
The Lion’s association with England goes back to the Middle Ages, when Barbary Lions were kept in the Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London.
The Lion is associated with strength and bravery, and earned Richard I the title Lionheart.
It is a creature that has been embodied in heraldry and on coins for centuries and it therefore no surprise that it was one of the 10 mythical beasts that were present at HM Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953