May 2024 - Denver Coin Club - Queen's Beasts

After what seemed like a ridiculous amount of announcements, Lisa gave a great talk on the Queen's Beasts coins produced by the Royal Mint.  The Wikipedia article is quite good, but Lisa added a lot of flavor.

She started collecting them because she likes animals.  She purchased most of them through various eBay sellers.  The mint heavily featured the completer coin and even created a 10kg gold version that was apparently purchased by a Saudi.

They were produced in Gold (1/4 oz to 10kg), Silver (1/4 oz to 1 kg), Platinum (1 oz) and Cupro-nickel (1 oz).  They were immensely popular.  Mintage numbers are well over 100,000 for bullions strikes but were under 10,000 for proof strikes.

There were about 10 members that set up tables.  There were also books and miscellaneous items that were donated to the club and being distributed for a donation.

I turned in my paperwork for a $75 Dan Carr medal.  I have laid off bullion (and especially silver) recently, but wanted to go ahead and get one of these.