Among modern precious metals collections, The Tower Mint’s Queen’s Beast series stands out for its scale and historical inspiration. The program features the ten heraldic creatures that were displayed as carved stone figures at the entrance to Westminster Abbey during the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Through a series of gold and silver releases, these iconic beasts have been recreated in coin form and have attracted collectors from many parts of the world.
Each 2026 1/2 Gram Pitcairn Islands Gold Queen’s Beast Dragon Coin is available here with a protective plastic flip. These coins are part of Tower Mint’s Queen’s Beast Series and come with proof-like visuals that include frosted devices and mirrored fields. Each coin includes the Royal Signet, or cypher, of Queen Elizabeth II on the reverse in the form of a crowned EIIR.
The Red Dragon of Wales is one of the oldest, most powerful, and most emotionally resonant national symbols in the entire British Isles, its fierce, fire-breathing form on the Welsh national flag representing a pride of place, fierce national identity, and indomitable spirit that the Welsh people have maintained across centuries of political union with England while never surrendering their distinct cultural and linguistic heritage.
The obverse of the 2026 Pitcairn Islands Gold Queen’s Beast Dragon Coin bears the image of King Charles III. The firstborn child of Queen Elizabeth II and her successor, Charles III assumed the throne in September 2022 and later underwent his official coronation in May 2023. The left-profile effigy shown here was created by artist Glyn Davies and is featured on selected collections issued by The Tower Mint.
On the reverse of 2026 1/2 Gram Gold Queen’s Beast Dragon Coins, you will find the Red Dragon of Wales alongside Elizabeth II’s cypher. The Red Dragon of Wales held a particularly personal significance within Queen Elizabeth II’s heraldic world as the symbol of the principality whose title she bestowed upon her eldest son, Charles, in a celebrated investiture ceremony at Caernarfon Castle in 1969, a moment that brought the ancient Welsh heraldic tradition into vivid contemporary focus before a global television audience of hundreds of millions.
