2025 1 oz £2 GBP UK Silver Myths and Legends Beowulf and Grendel's Mother Coin BU Year: 2025 Grade: Brilliant Uncirculated Country: United Kingdom Denomination: £2 GBP Manufacturer: Royal Mint Metal Content: 1 troy oz Purity: .999 Fine Silver Diameter: 38.61 mm Invest in a legend of British folklore as the epic poem Beowulf inspires a new series of bullion coins in this collection dedicated to British myths and legends. The second coin in the collection features the battle between the story’s hero and Grendel’s mother struck in 1 ounce of .999 Fine Silver. Believed by scholars to have originated between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the poem Beowulf is the longest surviving poem in Old English. Aspects of Christian allegory can also be found in the poem, with the titular character Beowulf representing the fight of good over evil.