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10 Pounds - Elizabeth II Posthumous, Yale of Beaufort, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2023 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, rendered in the fifth definitive portrait, depicting the sovereign wearing the George IV State Diadem. The bust is draped and detailed in high relief, consistent with the piedfort format. The peripheral legend encircles the effigy, with the denomination and designer's initials incorporated into the inscription. The portrait, attributed to sculptor Jody Clark, presents a mature likeness of the Queen in a refined and dignified composition. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts the Yale of Beaufort, a mythical heraldic beast from the Queen's Beasts series, rendered in bold relief within an inner circle. The Yale, a creature with the body of an antelope, tusks, and swivelling horns, is shown in a heraldic stance. The name of the beast appears as a legend above the central device, with the date positioned below. The design, by David Lawrence, reflects the distinctive heraldic style consistent with the Royal Mint's Queen's Beasts commemorative programme. |
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The Yale of Beaufort is one of the ten heraldic beasts drawn from the supporters of the Tudor royal family, revived by the Royal Mint for the "Tudor Beasts" series launched in 2022. The yale — a mythological creature with swiveling horns, historically associated with Lady Margaret Beaufort — appears in English heraldry as early as the fifteenth century, when it served as a badge of the Beaufort family before passing into the Tudor dynastic vocabulary.
As a piedfort, the blank was struck at twice the standard coin thickness, a format with roots in medieval French minting practice where piéforts were produced as presentation pieces for assay masters and treasury officials.