United Kingdom  2019 5 Pounds 2oz 99.99% pure silver Queen's Beast - The Yale of Beaufort.

The Queens Beasts coin series no. 7 

The Yale of Beaufort was a mythical beast adopted as a heraldic symbol representing proud defense. The Yale heraldry descended to the Queen through Henry VII, who inherited it from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. The beasts coat was white and covered with gold spots, and it was able to swivel each of its horns independently. Its shield features a portcullis surmounted by a royal crown. The uncrowned portcullis was a Beaufort badge but used both crowned and uncrowned by Henry VII.

Its appearance, according to Pliny the Elder, was the size of a hippopotamus, with an elephants tail of black or dark brown in color and the jaws of a boar and horns more than a cubit in length, capable of being moved and which in a fight are raised alternately and presented to the attack or sloped backward in turn as opportunity requires.

In stunning detail, the reverse features the Yale of Beaufort reared behind its shield, which depicts a royal crown resting atop a portcullis. The Yale of Beaufort fills the center inset, a stern countenance signaling its status as a heraldic beast and supporter of the British Royal Family.

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