Which is your favourite Queen’s Beast?

[Serendipity]

Which is your favourite beast among the available Queen’s Beasts? Which is your least favourite? Which beast would you purchase if you could only afford to buy just one?

[Abyss]

My favourite is the 1 oz Gold Red Dragon  of Wales.

Money no object and I could only buy one then 5 oz Gold proof Dragon.

Least favourite Falcon.

[Serendipity]

25 minutes ago, Abyss said:

My favourite is the 1 oz Gold Red Dragon  of Wales.

Money no object and I could only buy one then 5 oz Gold proof Dragon.

Least favourite Falcon.

I’m a big fan of “Game of Thrones” and the Queen’s Beast Dragon is an absolute beauty! I don’t know how exactly but the engraver Jody Clark has somehow incorporated all the best movie dragons into that coin. Can you imagine how magnificent the British sovereign would look if the Royal Mint allowed Jody Clark to do a complete makeover to Pistrucci’s George and Dragon design?

[westminstrel]

Pistrucci’s St. George and the Dragon is timeless, classic, and iconic. 

I wouldn’t be averse to Jody Clark being commissioned for a one-off special occasion like the Queen’s 95th Birthday; I do think he’s among the best out there, but even then I’d be wary - a few of his designs have been misses even though they shouldn’t. 

[motorbikez]

I'd go with the Dragon of Wales followed closely by the Yale of Beaufort, I fact I like them all with the exception of the Falcon of the Plantagenets.

[Fastnick]

32 minutes ago, motorbikez said:

I'd go with the Dragon of Wales followed closely by the Yale of Beaufort, I fact I like them all with the exception of the Falcon of the Plantagenets.

Ditto that

[vand]

TBH I like they all and have trouble ranking them. Even the Bull which I think was my least favourite I find more and more "nearly on par" with the others.

I don't get the hate for the Falcon design at all.. it's well deserving of its place in this series.

[StackerNoob]

Griffin by a country mile

[AppleZippoandMetronome]

The Red Dragon of Wales is my favourite I'd say followed somewhat closely by the Griffin. The Falcon is the only one that I don't really care for. I'd also add that I prefer the look of the bullion versions over the proof versions as feel the background detail/texture adds to the overall look of the coin - the proof mirror finish just looks too plain IMO.

[KDave]

What an excellent question. I like the first 3, the lion of England is the icon, but the Griffin design is my favourite. In the ounce gold it is incredible. My daughter likes unicorn best. 

I will have real trouble selling these even though I buy them to stack ounces. It was quite painful to sell my last stack for the house deposit and that was mostly bullion sovereigns and brits. I should have known better this time around 

[Nick1368]

unicorn 

[Goldmick]

Red Dragon 1st. lion 2nd. yale 3rd. Ive graded all mine so far and all 69.s 

[terakris]

I like the falcon... just me then... ok.....  

[RoughDog]

11 minutes ago, terakris said:

I like the falcon... just me then... ok.....  

Do you know what you like about it?  

Do you have silver or gold?

[Frost]

the dragon

[Bullionbilly]

My top 2 are the lion and the yale, although ive not had a yale in hand yet the pictures look great. 

[terakris]

55 minutes ago, RoughDog said:

Do you know what you like about it?  

Do you have silver or gold?

I have both, but tbh i think it just looks less snooty than the others. 

[TheBeast]

1. Dragon 2. Griffin 3. Lion 4. Yale 5. Unicorn 6. Falcon 7. Bull

I’m collecting the silver BU coins. With the 2oz silver Ruthenium gilded on the side. 

 

 

[MHoppy]

The Lion

[Coolsmp]

Don't mess with the Sovereign, its a classic. With regards to the Queen's Beasts the Griffin has to be the best.

[Abyss]

4 hours ago, TheBeast said:

2oz silver Ruthenium gilded on the side. 

 

Any pics? Would love to see these. Thanks.

[GoodAsGold]

My favourite so far has to be the Lion (with claws at the ready). Least favourite so far is the prancing pantomime Bull (I think he should have been charging). My actual least favourite Queen’s Beast is Camilla - but she appears to be missing from the series.

[GoodAsGold]

18 hours ago, AppleZippoandMetronome said:

I'd also add that I prefer the look of the bullion versions over the proof versions as feel the background detail/texture adds to the overall look of the coin - the proof mirror finish just looks too plain IMO.

Spot on the mark @AppleZippoandMetronome - I totally agree. Well said.

[TheBeast]

5 hours ago, Abyss said:

Any pics? Would love to see these. Thanks.

[Abyss]

I only have couple of 1 oz Silver Ruthenium coins Britannia and Silver Shield freedom girl but 2 oz silver Ruthenium QB coins look amazing and out of stock. Some on sale eBay over £100 per coin and no Lion in sight. Burning Queen Beasts 2 oz silver seen on Power Coin https://www.powercoin.it/en/europe/3348-burning-lion-queen-beasts-2-oz-silver-coin-5-united-kingdom-2016.html  these high premium luxury coins may end buying but with all high premium coins niche market.