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100 Pounds - Elizabeth II White Lion of Mortimer, 1 oz Fine Platinum
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Engraver(s) | Jody Clark |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·100 POUNDS· J.C (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The White Lion of Mortimer was the personal badge of Richard, Duke of York, inherited through the Mortimer line and later adopted by the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. Its inclusion in the Queen's Beasts series reflects a deliberate genealogical argument: the Yorkist claim to the throne ran through Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, whose descent from Edward III's second surviving son predated the Lancastrian line by strict primogeniture. The series as a whole traces the heraldic beasts present at Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, themselves drawn from centuries of dynastic assertion rather than mere decoration.
This is the tenth and final release in the Queen's Beasts platinum program.