The Royal Mint launched the Queen's Beasts series in 2016 with The Lion of England, the first of a planned 10 coins depicting the heraldic statues that stood guard at Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation in Westminster Abbey. Unlike every other series on this site, it was designed from the start as a finite, closed collecting project rather than an open-ended annual program — and the Royal Mint followed through: in 2021, five years after the series began, it released an 11th "Completer" coin depicting all 10 beasts together, formally closing out the set. The silver version also broke new ground on its own terms, introducing the first-ever 2 oz United Kingdom silver bullion coin at .9999 fine — a notably large, pure format compared to the standard 1 oz coins most national mints issue.
Because the series is finite and already complete, a new buyer isn't chasing an open-ended date run the way they would with the Krugerrand or Maple Leaf — the entire collecting project is fixed at 11 coins (10 beasts plus the Completer), making "complete the set" a genuinely achievable, bounded goal rather than an indefinitely growing one. Decide early whether you're collecting purely for the 2 oz silver bullion value, or specifically chasing all 11 pieces as a finished numismatic set — the second goal means tracking down earlier releases that are no longer in current production, closer to the Johnson Matthey or Engelhard situation than to an ongoing annual coin.
The dates serious Queen's Beasts collectors specifically chase — the rest of the run trades close to melt value.
First release (The Lion of England), launching a planned 10-coin series depicting the heraldic beasts that stood at Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation — unlike every other series on this site, it was designed from the outset as a finite, closed set rather than an open-ended annual program.
The Royal Mint released an 11th "Completer" coin depicting all 10 beasts together, formally closing out the series five years after it began — a genuinely finished collecting project, unlike every open-ended annual series on this site.
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Start tracking freeNo — it was designed as a finite 10-coin series from the start, and the Royal Mint closed it out in 2021 with an 11th "Completer" coin depicting all 10 beasts together. No new beasts are being added.
It introduced the first-ever 2 oz United Kingdom silver bullion coin at .9999 fine — a larger, purer format than the standard 1 oz coins most national mints issue.
11 total — the original 10 beasts released between 2016 and 2021, plus the 2021 Completer coin depicting all 10 together.