The Gold State Coach is an enclosed, eight horse-drawn carriage used by the British Royal Family. Commissioned in 1760, it was built in the London workshops of Samuel Butler.
It was commissioned for £7,562 (£1.08 million = US$1.57 million in 2014, adjusted for inflation).
This coach has been used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV.
The coach’s great age, weight, and lack of manoeuvrability have limited its use to grand state occasions such as coronations, royal weddings, and the jubilees of a monarch.
The coach is housed at the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace. It is on view for the public.