The Queens Beasts proof series followed on relatively quickly from the beautiful bullion series when the Royal Mint debuted the proof Lion range back in December 2016. The bullion series has seen the Griffin of Edward III and the Red Dragon of Wales and many would expect proof versions to follow in the same order. We’d heard a rumour back in February that there was to be a change in the order the proof coins would be released and that has indeed turned out to be the case. Welcome the Unicorn of Scotland, the second proof coin in the series, but the fourth design to materialise.

Again available in a full range of sizes, the silver starts at one ounce and passes through five ounces, ten ounces, and through to a kilo. Ironically, the original two-ounce size isn’t replicated in proof form. For gold the range comprises a quarter ounce, one ounce, five ounce and a kilo. As for the prices, the silver coins come in at £85.00, £415.00, £795.00 and £2050.00 for the kilo. Gold coins are £455.00, £1795.00, £8250.00 and £49995.00 in order of size.

We’ll have better quality images later this week and a fuller look, but as you can see, this is another quite beautiful design in the Jody Clark penned series. We still think the five-ounce silver coin will be the one to get (the 10oz is just a piedfort 5oz). All are well packaged and supplied with certificates of authenticity. All are available for sale now from the Royal Mint website. Please use the ad link below as AgAuNEWS will get a small bonus if you do and it all helps.