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5 Pounds - Charles III Seymour Unicorn, Silver Proof
| Issuer | The Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Weight | 62.86 g |
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| Reverse description | The Seymour Unicorn, one of the Queen's Beasts associated with Jane Seymour and the House of Seymour, is depicted rampant and facing left at centre, rendered in bold sculptural relief by engraver David Lawrence. The creature is shown with flowing mane, a spiralled alicorn, and a crown-tipped chain trailing beneath its forelegs, a heraldic detail specific to the Seymour beast. With its left foreleg it supports the Royal Arms quartered shield displaying the arms of England, Scotland, and France in meticulous heraldic detail. The legend SEYMOUR UNICORN arcs around the upper field, flanked by small lozenge stops, while the date 2024 appears in the lower exergual area, with the engraver's initials DL visible at the base of the design. |
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| Mintage | 2024 - Proof |
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The Seymour Unicorn is one of the Queen's Beasts — ten heraldic supporters drawn from the arms of various royal houses, originally carved as large stone statues for Edward VI's coronation at Westminster in 1937. The unicorn specifically derives from the arms of the Seymour family, whose connection to the Tudor crown ran through Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third wife and mother of Edward VI himself. The Royal Mint revived the series under Elizabeth II beginning in 2016, and this Charles III continuation extends the lineup into the new reign without altering the underlying heraldic source material.