The Queen's Panther derives from a heraldic beast associated with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, one of the ten beasts depicted at the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II. Its reappearance here marks a deliberate continuation of the Queen's Beasts program logic under a new reign — the Royal Mint has leaned heavily on that heraldic canon since the 2016 series proved commercially dominant in the bullion and proof market.
At 156.3 grams of .999 silver, this sits in the five-ounce format the Mint standardized for flagship proof issues in the post-2016 period. The panther heraldically is always shown "incensed" — flames issuing from mouth and ears.
The Queen's Panther derives from a heraldic beast associated with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, one of the ten beasts depicted at the 1953 coronation of Elizabeth II. Its reappearance here marks a deliberate continuation of the Queen's Beasts program logic under a new reign — the Royal Mint has leaned heavily on that heraldic canon since the 2016 series proved commercially dominant in the bullion and proof market.
At 156.3 grams of .999 silver, this sits in the five-ounce format the Mint standardized for flagship proof issues in the post-2016 period. The panther heraldically is always shown "incensed" — flames issuing from mouth and ears.