The Royal Tudor Beasts - Royal Mint Launch Event, Oct 7

[Mtaybar]

4 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

 

 

 

[modofantasma]

Looks better than this bull to be honest 

[modofantasma]

Or this hideous thing. Putting the roo into steroooiiiiiiids

[modofantasma]

1 minute ago, modofantasma said:

Or this hideous thing. Putting the roo into steroooiiiiiiids

He's eyeing up that broccoli plant though. Must have been watching Popeye and wants to even out those forearms by eating his greens 

[Mtaybar]

5 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

Or this hideous thing. Putting the roo into steroooiiiiiiids

 

[Mtaybar]

6 minutes ago, modofantasma said:

Or this hideous thing. Putting the roo into steroooiiiiiiids

 

[MrStacker]

Utterly flabbergasted at the design if it does end up being the true one!

They should've just scanned a picture of Donkey from Shrek and modified the head slightly to make it look like a "bull" and hey presto! Another cash cow avenue for them! Very disappointed. Let's see what the gold version looks like when the pictures come out soon. So far not convinced. 🙁

[StackerBritt]

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

🤔

It looks like it’s about to hump that shield 

[paulmerton]

Reminds me of a dog that surprised itself with a fart

[apachebleu]

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

🤔

 Like others have said that looks like the lions body. I'm not sure this really gels with my own mental image when I think about bulls, more like a happy dairy heiffer?

 That said these tudor beasts are better in the metal and the weird designs do grow on you. I'll definitely be buying the reverse proof and gold 1oz bullion for the collection 

[westminstrel]

I think the appeal of this series is going to be its quirkiness.

All the beasts so far have something a bit queer about them, and if nothing else, they share this design aesthetic.

The complete set will definitely never reach the level of Jody Clark’s Queen’s Beasts series in class and elegance; but it will certainly be something weird and wonderful in its own funky way.

I’m no longer sure why I’m continuing with it - it must be a reflection of my own questionable personality. 😆

[James32]

18 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

I think the appeal of this series is going to be its quirkiness.

All the beasts so far have something a bit queer about them, and if nothing else, they share this design aesthetic.

The complete set will definitely never reach the level of Jody Clark’s Queen’s Beasts series in class and elegance; but it will certainly be something weird and wonderful in its own funky way.

I’m no longer sure why I’m continuing with it - it must be a reflection of my own questionable personality. 😆

I agree, each release was met with the same comedic response.

Camp lion

Party goat yale 

Now this 😆 half Lion half Bull...

But I expect like the rest, they will appear better on bullion and specifically gold bullion.

There's too much blank fields in the proofs for my liking compared to the added background of the bullion.

Ps, I haven't forgotten the three tongued panther lol, I'm just referring to bullion.

[westminstrel]

18 minutes ago, James32 said:

Ps, I haven't forgotten the three tongued panther lol, I'm just referring to bullion.

What devilry was this? 

[James32]

4 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

What devilry was this? 

Assume its flames 😆 actually it's a 4 tongue panther. 

[James32]

Actually it's growing on me already. 

[Mtaybar]

5 minutes ago, James32 said:

Assume its flames 😆 actually it's a 4 tongue panther. 

The panther is my favourite from this series so far I have to admit 

There's another panther to come though still isn't there? 

[James32]

1 minute ago, Mtaybar said:

The panther is my favourite from this series so far I have to admit 

There's another panther to come though still isn't there? 

I think so, and 2 dragons. 

So..

Panther 1

Panther 2

Dragon 1

Dragon 2

Lion 1

Lion 2

Bull

Greyhound 

unicorn 

Yale

[MrStacker]

I'm going to stick with the 1/4 coins.

[Sc391]

Ouch, we have some harsh critics among us.  Since these heraldic beasts are mythical I’m going to give the artists and engravers some artistic license in their creations and appreciate them for what they are.  The actual “beasts” at Hampton Court don’t look like anything you will see in real life either.  My 2 ounce subscription should be here shortly?

[apachebleu]

3 hours ago, Sc391 said:

Ouch, we have some harsh critics among us.  Since these heraldic beasts are mythical I’m going to give the artists and engravers some artistic license in their creations and appreciate them for what they are.  The actual “beasts” at Hampton Court don’t look like anything you will see in real life either.  My 2 ounce subscription should be here shortly?

 Well I mean the yale is mythical ill give you that but a bull is just a big cow, not exactly something that sends the imagination on flights of fancy....

 I am just being facetious of course. I do agree with you, the statues that inspire these are just plain weird so I expect the designs to be a long way from lifelike. I do wonder what they were smoking when they designed the statues though, I can imagine the sculptors room looking like a 1970's black sabbath recording session

[westminstrel]

Why is the coloured image somehow appealing to me? Although granted it’s only the top half…

[GoldDiggerDave]

7 hours ago, James32 said:

I think so, and 2 dragons. 

So..

Panther 1

Panther 2

Dragon 1

Dragon 2

Lion 1

Lion 2

Bull

Greyhound 

unicorn 

Yale

It’s got to be the dragon next year as it’s also the year of the dragon! 

[apachebleu]

20 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Why is the coloured image somehow appealing to me? Although granted it’s only the top half…

The top half is great, it's the legs that are clearly copy pasted from the lion that are the problem.

 

[paulmerton]

Note that it's called the Black Bull of Clarence on the list of Tudor beasts at https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/the-royal-tudor-beasts/seymour-panther-2022/the-tudor-beasts-collection/, but only Bull of Clarence on the coin.

[apachebleu]

 Still, best get ready to queue chaps,though I suspect it may be a short one

Edited March 2, 2023 by apachebleu