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The eighth release in the Queen's Beasts series features the White Lion of Mortimer and another great design by Jody Clark. It contains two ounces of .9999 fine Silver and measures an impressive 38.61 mm in diameter with 6 mm thickness. Brilliant Uncirculated, this series features the heraldic beasts that stood guard at The Queen's coronation: lion, griffin, falcon, bull, yale, white lion, greyhound, dragon, unicorn and horse.
The White Lion of Mortimer descended to the Queen through Edward IV. The shield shows a white rose encircled by a sun, known as "white rose en soleil". Both of these appear on the Great Seals of Edward IV and Richard III, and were used by George VI while Duke of York. The White Lion is uncrowned, unlike the Lion of England.