The first official Royal Arms of England dates back more than 800 years to the reign of the second Plantagenet King of England. King Richard I, better known as Richard the Lionheart, reigned for a decade at the close of the 12^th century and is responsible for the adoption of the first official Royal Arms of the kingdom. 

Coin Highlights:

• Arrives in a protective plastic flip, a mint tube of 25 coins, or a Monster Box of 500 coins!
• 2^nd issue of the 1 oz British Silver Royal Arms coin!
• Impressive vision of the Royal Arms of England!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .999 pure silver in BU condition.
• Bears a face value of 2 Pound sterling (GBP) backed by the government of Britain.
• Queen Elizabeth II features on the obverse.
• The Lion of England and Unicorn of Scotland supporting the modern Royal Arms of England.
• Designed by Timothy Noad.

Each 2020 1 oz British Silver Royal Arms Coin available to you here today comes with an individual protective plastic flip for purchases of single coins. If you purchase multiples, you will find them offered in mint tubes of 25 coins or Monster Boxes of 500 coins containing a total of 20 tubes. All coins are available as Brilliant Uncirculated specimens.

Prior to the rule of King Richard I, his father King Henry II and other previous Anglo-Saxon and Danish kings used lions in the heraldry. This included the various Anglo-Saxon and Danish kingdoms, as well as the eventual unified English kingdom as established by Alfred the Great. However, Richard I is credited with adopting the Three Lions design that is now recognized globally as a central piece of the Royal Arms of the English monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II is featured on the obverse of all 2020 1 oz British Silver Royal Arms Coins. This right-profile bust of the Queen was developed in 2015 by Jody Clark, the youngest artist ever to create a monarchs bust for the Royal Mint of England. In this design, Her Majesty wears the George IV State Diadem Crown.

Timothy Noad designed the modern depiction of the Royal Arms of England featured on the reverse of these 2020 1 oz British Silver Royal Arms Coin. The Crowned Lion of England supports the shield to the left, while the Unicorn of Scotland supports it on the right. The quartered shield is crowned and features within its quadrants the Three Lions of England in the first and fourth positions, with the Lion of Scotland in the second position and the Harp of Ireland in the third position.

The eighth design in the Queens Beast Series from the Royal Mint of England is the White Lion of Mortimer. As the second heraldic beast in the series from King Edward IV and also descends to Queen Elizabeth II from the House of York. 

Coin Highlights:

• Available to you inside of protective plastic flips, tubes of 10 coins, or Monster Boxes of 200 coins!
• 8th coin design in the Queens Beast Series!
• Features the White Lion of Mortimer!
• Contains 2 Troy oz of .9999 pure silver in BU condition.
• The face value of 5 Pounds (GBP) is fully backed by the British government.
• On the obverse is Queen Elizabeth II.
• The reverse includes the White Lion heraldic symbol of King Edward IV.

The reign of King Edward IV was significant in English history for a number of reasons. First and foremost, Edward IVs initial victory in the Wars of the Roses between the House of York and the House of Lancaster brought a brief respite to the struggle for control of the English crown. Additionally, it led to the rise of the first monarch from the House of York. Edward IV is remembered in the Queens Beast Series with two different emblems.

All 2020 2 oz British Silver Queens Beast White Lion Coins are available today in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. These coins are available individually inside of protective plastic flips. Multiples are available in tubes of 10 coins or Monster Boxes of 200 coins that include 20 separate tubes of 10 coins.

On the reverse of the 2020 British Silver Queens Beast White Lion Coin is the image of the White Lion of Mortimer with a Yorkist shield. The Yorkist shield the White Lion supports is traditionally shown with a white rose backed by the golden sun. The Wars of the Roses was so-named for the white rose emblems of the House of York and the red roses of the House of Lancaster.

The obverse of 2020 2 oz British Silver Queens Beast White Lion Coins features the bust of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty is depicted in right-profile relief in this fifth-generation design. This design was created in 2015 and debuted on British coins with the 2016 date mark. It features the Queen wearing the Royal Diadem crown on her head. Both images on these coins come from Jody Clark.

Half Dollar Signed by One of Kennedy’s Astronauts!

“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win.”

— President John F. Kennedy

President Kennedy spoke those words to a large crowd at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas on September 12, 1962. It echoed his comments made to a joint session of Congress the year before in which he called for the United States to land a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Sadly, Kennedy never saw his call to action fulfilled. An assassin’s bullet may have cut him down, but America prevailed and completed the task JFK had set out before her.

One of the people instrumental in accomplishing this mission was Charles “Charlie” Duke, who served as CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) for the landmark Apollo 11 mission that enthralled the world during the summer of 1969 by successfully landing a man on the moon. Serving as the central point of communication between Mission Control and the three-man crew, Duke's Texas accent not only helped guide astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin as they made their momentous journey to the moon’s surface, but became THE voice of Mission Control as his distinctive southern drawl struck a note with television viewers across the world.

Three years later, Duke made history of his own as a member of the Apollo 16 mission. Not only was he the tenth man in history to set foot on the moon, but at the age of 36, Charles “Charlie” Duke was – and still is – the youngest person to ever walk on the surface of the moon.

• Now, as the 50th anniversary of that first moon landing approaches, we've teamed up with Charlie Duke to add his mark to these First-nedy Silver Half-Dollars. Each coin has been certified by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in gorgeous Gem Proof condition. In addition, each comes sonically sealed in an acrylic holder with a black display core and a full-color label featuring both Duke on the moon and his hand-signed signature!

Featuring U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts’ bust of President John F. Kennedy, thnedy Half-Dollar was originally meant to be a one-year-only tribute to the fallen President. It proved to be so popular, however, that the U.S. Mint has issued it every year since. The coin’s reverse is a modified design of the Presidential Seal by Frank Gasparro, who replaced Roberts as the U.S. Mint’s Chief Engraver in 1965.

With excitement about the 50^th anniversary of the first moon landing building by leaps and bounds, anything associated with the historic event has become of intense interest to collectors and science and space travel buffs. Don't miss out on owning this historic coin with a label signed by a true American hero. Blast off for yours today!

• FIRST-YEAR KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR  – Featuring U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts’ bust of President John F. Kennedy, thnedy Half-Dollar was originally meant to be a one-year-only tribute to the fallen President. It proved to be so popular, however, that the U.S. Mint has issued it every year since. The coin’s reverse is a modified design of the Presidential Seal by Frank Gasparro, who replaced Roberts as the U.S. Mint’s Chief Engraver in 1965.

• STRUCK IN GLEAMING SILVER – These first-year Kennedy Half Dollars were struck in 90% silver – the only year these coins were struck in 90% silver for general circulation.

• LARGE LEGAL-TENDER COIN – Each large, 30.6 mm coin is 50 cents legal tender in the United States.

• GRADED IN GORGEOUS GEM PROOF CONDITION – Yonedy Half-Dollar has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) as being in gorgeous Gem Proof condition, meaning it was expertly crafted by the mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.

• INCLUDES SIGNATURE OF REAL-LIFE AMERICAN HERO – These coins all feature an exclusive label personally signed by astronaut Charles “Charlie” Duke, CAPCOM (Capsule Communicator) for the landmark Apollo 11 mission.