2022 Britain Tudor Beasts Seymour Panther £5 BU (Cupro-Nickel)

2022 Britain Tudor Beasts Seymour Panther Cupro-Nickel BU

Highlights

• 2022 Britain Tudor Beasts Seymour Panther Cupro-Nickel BU.
• First edition of a series of ten coins.
• Contains 28.28g of Cupro-Nickel BU.
• Coin comes in a highly-collectible, brightly illustrated fold-out info pack.
• Obverse: Displays Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Jody Clark. Inscriptions include "ELIZABETH II . D. G. REG. F. D." and the 5 pounds face value.
• Reverse: Features the heraldic image representing the Tudor Seymour Panther statue at the Moat Bridge at Hampton Court Palace. Inscriptions include, "SEYMOUR PANTHER . 2022."
• Sovereign coin backed by the British government.

Royal Tudor Beasts Collection

The Royal Tudor Beast - Seymour Panther as introduced by The British Royal Mint,

"Originally representing Anne Boleyn, and Katherine of Aragon before her, the Seymour Panther was given to Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife, by the king from the royal treasury of beasts. Although the stone beast is depicted as a ferocious animal, with flames coming from its mouth and ears, the Seymour Panther symbolized a peaceful and loving union between the king and consort who bore him the male heir he so desperately yearned for."

Heraldry of the Tudor Seymour Panther

As a legal tender offering of Great Britain, the obverse displays the stunning effigy of displays Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Jody Clark. Inscriptions include, "ELIZABETH II . D. G. REG. F. D." and the 5 pounds face value.

The reverse features a remarkably fine, modernized representation of the original Tudor Seymour Panther statue that joins the nine other heraldic Tudor stone statues that line the Moat Bridge at Hampton Court Palace. The chosen designer of the 10-coin Royal Tudor Beasts Collection is David Lawrence, "an illustrator and sculptor with more than 30 years of experience that includes coin design." The design features the image of the Seymour Panther, filling the center field. Encircling the wide rim band in the inscriptions, "SEYMOUR PANTHER . 2022." The initials of the designer, David Lawrence have displayed on the lower left of the panther image.