10oz Silver Coin - The White Horse of Hanover (2021)

This 2021 White Horse of Hanover 10oz silver coin is the ninth and penultimate bullion coin produced in the series of ten from the "Queen's Beasts" range of Royal Mint coins. These coins are based on the ten statues which stood guard outside Westminster Abbey for the Queen's Coronation, sculpted by J. Woodford RA in 1953.

We have been waiting for the 10oz version of the White Horse of Hanover since February 2020, when the 2oz version was released, and we are very happy to be able to offer one of the last coins to be minted in this very popular series. The coin is 999.9 purity silver and contains exactly ten ounces of fine silver. Just like other British currency it is exempt from Capital Gains Tax for investors in the UK. Both the obverse and reverse are designed by the Royal Mint's Jody Clark.

The White Horse of Hanover came to the British Crown when the British Parliament, desperate to find a protestant monarch reached out to Queen Anne's second cousin, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, crowning him George I. This ended the rule of the house of Stuarts and replaced it with the House of Hanover that continues as rulers today, although now renamed the House of Windsor.

The White Horse is depicted rearing up over George I's Royal Coat of Arms. This is to show it is a Kentish horse, rather than the galloping German horse of Hanover. The emblem beneath is split into four, with a quarter referencing each of Britain (England & Scotland), France, Ireland, and Hanover.