Royal Tudor Beast Lion of England 2022 BU

[ak74]

Love this design

Edited February 14, 2022 by ak74

[daca]

Thx for the info.

Definitely not my cup of tea.

The design is cartoonish, in my opinion.

I only see the old looney tunes lion from bugs bunny

Edited February 14, 2022 by daca

[NewCoins]

42 minutes ago, ak74 said:

Love this design

Where is this from?

[sixgun]

It more reminds me of the lion in the Wizard of Oz. Not as good as the panther.
It even looks like it has ears like the lion in Oz. That is a bit unfortunate.

Edited February 14, 2022 by sixgun

[Zhorro]

Is it another Tudor Beast?

[NewCoins]

Found it here.

https://www.jmbullion.com/2022-2-oz-british-silver-tudor-beasts-lion-coin/

Odd the proof isn't out. Have they even sold the seymour panther as bullion yet ?

[sixgun]

6 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

Is it another Tudor Beast?

Seems so - this is the beast we were expecting. i think the proof will be different with a mirror finish field rather than the textured finish on this (bullion) one. It might make it look a bit better. i was thinking of getting this in proof as i did with the first but i am not so sure now. To be honest i am disappointed.

[ak74]

4 minutes ago, NewCoins said:

Have they even sold the seymour panther as bullion yet ?

It's the start of Tudor King's Bests in BU. So RM just decided to issue first in BU the Lion of England, and in proof it will be issued later. The same about Seymour Panther - it will be issued in BU later :))

[ak74]

13 minutes ago, Zhorro said:

Is it another Tudor Beast?

That's the start of BU version series

[westminstrel]

Looks a bit cartoony. 😐

I’m glad I’m only collecting the 2-coin reverse proof silver set anymore.

I wouldn’t be too much bothered if they didn’t release any more of this series on the reverse prod format.

[Paul]

My first gut thought was it's been spliced with a mouse 

[Gordy]

its in line with the panther in design so it probably is meant to look a bit cartoonish but i like it and it will look better in proof

if they are bringing out a BU set wouldnt it have been better to start with the Panther?

But i guess the dies are set up for the new one 

[sixgun]

13 minutes ago, Paul said:

My first gut thought was it's been spliced with a mouse 

i showed this to someone else - said nothing - they looked a while and said it looked a bit comical. Like its back end was from a pig. Do you mean cartoonish i asked. They did.

This really isn't a good response - not the sort of response i wanted to hear if i intended to splash out two and half grand on a proof 1 oz gold. This beast is missing 'fingers and toes' - it really does look like it has the goofy ears off the lion from Oz. It should have pig's ears b/c i think that is what the Royal Mint has made of this coin design. 

Edited February 14, 2022 by sixgun

[sixgun]

36 minutes ago, ak74 said:

It's the start of Tudor King's Bests in BU. So RM just decided to issue first in BU the Lion of England, and in proof it will be issued later. The same about Seymour Panther - it will be issued in BU later :))

People who signed up for the proof series have been notified that the next payment will be taken around 21st February. That's in a week's time. The Mint isn't going to take money if there isn't a coin to send out virtually straightaway. So i am surprised they are showing BU coins when they are presumably sending out proof coins this month. 

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[paulmerton]

Can't wait for the Full HD 10oz version.

[ak74]

9 minutes ago, sixgun said:

So i am surprised they are showing BU coins when they are presumably sending out proof coins this month. 

Actually I don't see anything strange - Proof and BU series will be issued on their own pace and, as we see, even with different design sequence...

[Spanishsilver]

Wow I was hoping the bullion Tudor beasts would be nicer not a fan of this one that’s for sure 👎🏻

[paulmerton]

Is anyone else thinking they might just collect the bullion instead of the proofs now they're confirmed?

[CaptCaveMan]

Went onto the RM website - couldn't see anything new for the Lion after waiting in the queue system for the FA Cup.

[paulmerton]

1 minute ago, CaptCaveMan said:

Went onto the RM website - couldn't see anything new for the Lion after waiting in the queue system for the FA Cup.

That's because it's coming out next Monday.

[Petra]

There is nothing showing on the RM site for any lion coin for sale 

sure whatever we get next week will be the same format as the panther

[CaptCaveMan]

3 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Is anyone else thinking they might just collect the bullion instead of the proofs now they're confirmed?

Yep, debating going for a set of the 1/4 Oz Au

[Gordy]

3 minutes ago, CaptCaveMan said:

Went onto the RM website - couldn't see anything new for the Lion after waiting in the queue system for the FA Cup.

I knew I wouldn't be buying the FA Cup coin, not even to flip, but I just couldn't resist sitting in the queue 🤣🤣 

[NewCoins]

Just now, Gordy said:

I knew I wouldn't be buying the FA Cup coin, not even to flip, but I just couldn't resist sitting in the queue 🤣🤣 

You and me both

[sixgun]

Still proofs of the panther available. i would have thought they would have all gone by now. i bet a sizable percentage of the coins have been bought by silver forum members.