2021 1oz White Greyhound of Richmond Gold Coin Queen's Beasts PCGS MS69

A 2021 White Greyhound of Richmond 1oz gold coin, graded to MS69 (FDC). A fully struck coin with nearly imperceptible imperfections.

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This beautiful 2021 one ounce gold coin featuring the White Greyhound of Richmond is the tenth coin in the popular "Queen's Beasts" series from The Royal Mint. These coins are based on the ten statues which stood guard outside Westminster Abbey for the Queen's Coronation in 1953. They were originally sculpted by J.Woodford RA in 1953 and represent the various houses in the Queen's ancestry.

The White Greyhound comes to the Queen as the badge of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster and Earl of Richmond, who was the father of Henry IV. It represents honour and has associations with the north of England and with the Celtic Britons. As in the original statue, the greyhound bears a shield with the Tudor Rose ensigned by a Royal Crown.

The coin is 24-carat (or 999.9 purity) and contains one ounce of gold. Like all coins in this series both the obverse and reverse are designed by The Royal Mint's Jody Clark.