Royal Tudor Beast Lion of England 2022 BU

[ShadowTriad]

Maybe it is just me but the fingers and toes creep me out. I don't know if it is the shape of them or if it is the fact that theres only three of them. They look like they are from an alien.

As for the ears, they look like they are from Tony the cereal tiger.

The tail also looks weird to me. Why are there three uniform tufts coming off of it? Does it have some rolling hills on it or rolling waves going down it or something?

Edited February 15, 2022 by ShadowTriad

[ShadowTriad]

I know its cartoonish but it still looks rather odd in my eyes.

Edited February 15, 2022 by ShadowTriad

[AgCoyote]

I think the strongest part of the coin is the shield. It's absolutely brilliantly executed.

[FFposh]

So am I missing something here?

You can buy (or at least pre order) the bullion lion in the US and Europe, yet in the UK, where it is (to be) issued, there is nothing mentioned of it on the RM website at all?🤔

 

[FFposh]

9 hours ago, Spanishsilver said:

Mmm what a difference a few hours make I actually really like it Now I’ve seen a few photos 👍🏻😊

Although an ounce for 57 Euros, I don't expect them to last long!!

[FFposh]

I've looked on European Mint  and that price is for 2ozAg obviously but for all coins the lead time is suggesting 4-8 weeks.

[Murkt]

I thought the three toes looked off too. Looking at the statue though it appears that the design is faithful to the crowned lion at Hampton Court.

 

Edited February 15, 2022 by Murkt

[westminstrel]

The lion on the coin has too much mane at the top left - makes the head look disproportionately bigger than the body. With a bit of the mane lessened there, it would have been an improvement. 

[DHD2020]

16 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

The lion on the coin has too much mane at the top left - makes the head look disproportionately bigger than the body. With a bit of the mane lessened there, it would have been an improvement. 

Even Lions can have a bad hair day 🤣

[westminstrel]

3 hours ago, DHD2020 said:

Even Lions can have a bad hair day 🤣

Yeah true. Looks like he just woke up and isn’t too happy about it either. 😆 

[FFposh]

Had e mail from Gerrard's.

Bullion next week, as well as what I thought were ongoing payments for continuity Proof🤷??

[Petra]

11 minutes ago, FFposh said:

Had e mail from Gerrard's.

Bullion next week, as well as what I thought were ongoing payments for continuity Proof🤷??

The continuity was a choice that not everyone would have gone for, the sweetener was the box with the second coin.

[Gordy]

1 hour ago, Petra said:

The continuity was a choice that not everyone would have gone for, the sweetener was the box with the second coin.

see, now there is where the dilemma stands.... I have got the 2oz continuity plus box, now do i collect all of the bullion now we know its out there and sell my proofs and put the bullion in the box? or keep the proofs and box them and just collect the bullion as a nice set like I did with the QB's... or leave the bullion alone? its a big hmmm??? my choices will be made by Mr McKewan and Mrs Rioja I feel... with a helping hand from Miss 19 Crimes..... 😂🍷

[James32]

3 minutes ago, Gordy said:

see, now there is where the dilemma stands.... I have got the 2oz continuity plus box, now do i collect all of the bullion now we know its out there and sell my proofs and put the bullion in the box? or keep the proofs and box them and just collect the bullion as a nice set like I did with the QB's... or leave the bullion alone? its a big hmmm??? my choices will be made by Mr McKewan and Mrs Rioja I feel... with a helping hand from Miss 19 Crimes..... 😂🍷

Sell it all and buy more drink, I reckon. 

[AgCoyote]

22 hours ago, Lr103 said:

I think the design is ok, and I certainly prefer the Queen's Beasts to this point as far as designs go, but I'm still buying the bullion.  I think it's very hard to go wrong at new release, even if you hate the design (assuming you want to buy metals, as you are still exposed to spot price changes).  As an example, here are the current prices at SDBullion (where I bought) for a single coin:

1oz gold 2022 Tudor Lion: $1,946.99

1oz gold 2022 Britannia: $1,952.70

1oz gold 2022 Eagle: $1,982.86

1oz gold 2022 Maple: $1,964.70

1oz gold 2022 Kangaroo: $1,952.70

You get an oz of gold (same story with the silver, and 1/4oz gold) for less than other bullion, plus a free embedded option that a premium will develop.  This was also true of every one of the Queen's Beasts...they were cheaper than other bullion at release, and of course a nice premium did in fact develop.  And if there is never a premium, this coin is not going to be worth less than other of the other coins above.  The other coins will also almost certainly not develop a premium.  So assuming you want exposure to gold or silver, I think these are a great buy.

Agreed. It'd be crazy to buy a standard bullion coin over these.

[NewCoins]

35 minutes ago, Gordy said:

see, now there is where the dilemma stands.... I have got the 2oz continuity plus box, now do i collect all of the bullion now we know its out there and sell my proofs and put the bullion in the box? or keep the proofs and box them and just collect the bullion as a nice set like I did with the QB's... or leave the bullion alone? its a big hmmm??? my choices will be made by Mr McKewan and Mrs Rioja I feel... with a helping hand from Miss 19 Crimes..... 😂🍷

Mckewans, is that still a thing ?

Edited February 15, 2022 by NewCoins

[Gordy]

2 hours ago, NewCoins said:

Mckewans, is that still a thing ?

This one

[James32]

1 minute ago, Gordy said:

This one

Is that 3 pizza's behind or did you snag more than one gothic crown😁

[Gordy]

3 minutes ago, James32 said:

Is that 3 pizza's behind or did you snag more than one gothic crown😁

Haha, its frigging 150 39mm coin capsules for 1oz coins..... I'm prepping for the war.... I got one box off Amazon and they were a good fit and rimless so when they come i looked back on the order and he only had 3 left so i got them all 😂

So i now have approx 195 caps in my office haha

[Gordy]

5 minutes ago, Gordy said:

Haha, its frigging 150 39mm coin capsules for 1oz coins..... I'm prepping for the war.... I got one box off Amazon and they were a good fit and rimless so when they come i looked back on the order and he only had 3 left so i got them all 😂

So i now have approx 195 caps in my office haha

You're buying all the gold, i'm gonna buy all the bloody capsules...... the Sun and the Mirror will be scaring the UK with pictures of empty shelves in coin capsule shops!!

[apachebleu]

22 hours ago, FFposh said:

Had e mail from Gerrard's.

Bullion next week, as well as what I thought were ongoing payments for continuity Proof🤷??

 Not sure why but the lion reminds me of the viz character ratboy 

[westminstrel]

I know what the lion’s pose reminds me of…

… it’s this emoji!!!

 

 

Edited February 17, 2022 by westminstrel

[YMC]

On 17/02/2022 at 08:36, westminstrel said:

I know what the lion’s pose reminds me of…

… it’s this emoji!!!

 

 

Uncanny resemblance!

[YMC]

So… my dealer from HK (not LPM) said there will not be bullion version of Panther. So no chance of collecting the whole series (?!)

doesn’t quite make sense to me though

[Petra]

35 minutes ago, YMC said:

So… my dealer from HK (not LPM) said there will not be bullion version of Panther. So no chance of collecting the whole series (?!)

doesn’t quite make sense to me though

Of course there will, what does he know!?