5 Pounds - Charles III Queen's Panther

The Queen's Beasts series concluded under Elizabeth II, but the Royal Mint has continued mining the same heraldic program under Charles III — a commercially driven extension rather than a new heraldic commission. The Panther derives from the Yale of Beaufort and related Lancastrian beasts, though the specific panther appears among the supporters of Henry VI and later Tudor heraldry, where it was depicted as incensed, breathing fire from mouth and ears.