Article: The 2027 Royal Tudor Beasts Completer Coin: Full Range, Mintages & Why It Sold Out in an Hour
The 2027 Royal Tudor Beasts Completer Coin: Full Range, Mintages & Why It Sold Out in an Hour
The Royal Mint released its 2027 Royal Tudor Beasts Completer coin this morning — the coin that finally brings all ten Tudor beasts together on a single design after five years of individual releases. By the time most collectors had finished their morning coffee, almost every version of it was gone.
Here's the full range, what sold out and when, what's still available, and why the Queen's Beasts Completer — the coin this one is modelled on — gives us a good idea of where this one is headed.
Contents
- What is the Completer coin?
- Why the Queen's Beasts Completer matters here
- The full 2027 range at a glance
- Sold out within the hour
- The pieces you won't find on royalmint.com
- What this means if you want one
- FAQ
What is the Completer coin?
Since 2022, The Royal Mint has released one Tudor beast a year as part of its Royal Tudor Beasts collection — a partnership with Historic Royal Palaces inspired by the ten stone heraldic statues that line the Moat Bridge at Hampton Court Palace, representing the marriage of King Henry VIII and his third wife, Jane Seymour. The Seymour Panther, Lion of England, Yale of Beaufort, Bull of Clarence, Seymour Unicorn, Tudor Dragon, Greyhound of Richmond, Queen's Panther, Royal Dragon and Queen's Lion have each had their own coin, one beast at a time.
The 2027 coin is different. Rather than a single beast, its reverse brings all ten together in one design, encircling a central Tudor rose, with the whole arrangement framed by detail inspired by Tudor architecture. It's designed, like every coin in the series, by illustrator and sculptor David Lawrence, with King Charles III's official coinage portrait by Martin Jennings on the obverse. Interestingly, collectors have noted that The Royal Mint doesn't actually use the word "Completer" anywhere in the coin's official title — it's simply "The Royal Tudor Beasts 2027 UK Coin" — but the nickname has stuck, carried over directly from the equivalent coin in the Queen's Beasts series, and is reportedly used in The Royal Mint's own customer communications.
Why the Queen's Beasts Completer matters here
To understand why today's release generated so much demand, it helps to look at what happened last time The Royal Mint did this. The Queen's Beasts series ran from 2016 to 2021, and its own Completer coin — bringing together all ten Queen's Beasts around a central effigy of Queen Elizabeth II — was the standout release of the entire series. The 1oz gold proof version was struck to an official maximum mintage of just 625, and it sold out completely. Our own listing for that coin is sold out too, and current asking prices from UK coin dealers for other sizes in that range tell the same story: a 2oz gold proof Queen's Beasts Completer that originally listed for around £14,995 is now being offered at close to double that for a top-graded example, and even the 10oz silver proof version is commanding a strong premium over its original issue price years on.
That's the pattern the market is pricing in for the 2027 Tudor Beasts Completer: a genuine "final chapter" coin, in a series that's been popular in its own right for five years, with the built-in appeal of a design collectors can't get anywhere else in the range. If the Queen's Beasts Completer is anything to go by, this is exactly the kind of release that looks expensive on day one and modest a few years later.
The full 2027 range at a glance
Here's the complete range as sold directly by The Royal Mint, along with the official mintage, price and stock status we found when we checked on release day itself:
| Coin | Mintage | Price | Status (checked on release day) |
|---|---|---|---|
| £5 Brilliant Uncirculated | Not individually limited | £18.50 | Available to Order |
| 1oz Silver Proof | 6,000 | £165.00 | Available to Order |
| 2oz Silver Proof | 750 | £325.00 | No Longer Available |
| Silver Proof Two-Coin Set | 375 | £325.00 | No Longer Available |
| 5oz Silver Proof | 200 | £787.50 | No Longer Available |
| 10oz Silver Proof | 125 | £1,597.50 | No Longer Available |
| 1/4oz Gold Proof | 350 | £1,360.00 | No Longer Available |
| 1oz Gold Proof | 300 | £5,320.00 | No Longer Available |
| 2oz Gold Proof | 75 | £10,535.00 | No Longer Available |
In other words: everything sold out on release day except the £5 Brilliant Uncirculated coin and the 1oz Silver Proof, which was struck to a considerably larger mintage of 6,000 and remained available to order when we checked.
Sold out within the hour
Exactly how fast did it go? The Royal Mint hasn't published an official sellout time, but collectors watching the release today put it at under an hour for most sizes. One collector on a popular UK precious metals forum totted up the numbers themselves, multiplying each size's mintage by its issue price using The Royal Mint's own published figures, and arrived at a total of roughly £3.58 million worth of coins sold in that window — a rough community estimate rather than an official figure, but a striking one all the same. The 2oz gold proof, struck to just 75 pieces at £10,535 each, was reportedly among the very first to go.
For a coin with an issue price starting at over £1,000 for the smallest gold option, that's a remarkable pace, and it says a lot about how collectors are reading this release: not as a nice-to-have addition to an existing collection, but as the one Tudor Beasts coin nobody wants to miss.
The pieces you won't find on royalmint.com
If you've seen photos today of a 2oz matte-finish gold proof, a platinum version, or a tiny 1/10oz gold proof and wondered why you can't find them on The Royal Mint's own site, that's because they were never sold there. As with a number of recent Royal Mint commemorative ranges, a handful of sizes and finishes in the 2027 Completer range were made available exclusively through specific Royal Mint-authorised retailers rather than through royalmint.com directly — including at least one platinum proof version (reportedly struck to a very small worldwide total) and a matte-finish 2oz gold proof authorised in similarly limited numbers.
This isn't unusual for a major Royal Mint release, but it does mean the "official" range you see on royalmint.com is only part of the full picture. If you're chasing a specific size or finish that never appeared on the Royal Mint's own site, it's worth checking with a specialist dealer rather than assuming it doesn't exist.
What this means if you want one
If you managed to secure a 1oz Silver Proof directly, congratulations — it's currently the only size still available to order at issue price. For anything in gold, or the larger silver sizes, today's release is done, and the only route left is the secondary market.
Based on how the Queen's Beasts Completer behaved after its own sellout, we'd expect premiums on the smaller-mintage gold sizes in particular to build steadily rather than spike overnight — the 75-piece 2oz gold proof and 300-piece 1oz gold proof both look like strong long-term candidates given how quickly they moved today. If you're looking to add this coin to a collection, or to sell a Tudor Beasts piece you already hold, we're always happy to help you track one down or get a valuation.
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FAQ
What is the 2027 Royal Tudor Beasts Completer coin?
It's the final coin in The Royal Mint's five-year Royal Tudor Beasts series, released on 10th September 2026 (year-dated 2027), bringing all ten Tudor beasts together on a single reverse design around a central Tudor rose. It's widely referred to by collectors as the "Completer" coin, though that word doesn't appear in its official Royal Mint title.
Did the 2027 Completer coin really sell out in an hour?
Every size except the £5 Brilliant Uncirculated coin and the 1oz Silver Proof (mintage 6,000) showed as no longer available directly from The Royal Mint on release day, and collector reports put most of that within roughly an hour of release. The Royal Mint hasn't published an official sellout time.
Is anything from the range still available?
At the time of writing, the 1oz Silver Proof (mintage 6,000, £165) and the £5 Brilliant Uncirculated coin were still available to order directly from The Royal Mint. Everything else will need to be sourced on the secondary market.
Why weren't the platinum and matte gold versions on The Royal Mint's website?
Certain sizes and finishes in this release, including a platinum proof and a matte-finish 2oz gold proof, were distributed exclusively through specific Royal Mint-authorised retailers rather than sold directly on royalmint.com — a distribution pattern The Royal Mint has used on other recent commemorative ranges.
How does this compare to the Queen's Beasts Completer coin?
The Queen's Beasts Completer (2021) is widely regarded as one of the standout releases of that entire series. Its 1oz gold proof was struck to a maximum mintage of just 625 and sold out; larger sizes in that range now command significant premiums over their original issue prices on the secondary market. Early demand for the 2027 Tudor Beasts Completer suggests a similar trajectory.
