Production of the country’s new coins, featuring the portrait of King Charles instead of the Queen, has begun 🪙
Production of the country’s new coins, featuring the portrait of King Charles instead of the Queen, has begun.
Protocol also dictates that Kings do not wear crowns in their portraits on coins, while it is the opposite for female royals.The 27 billion coins bearing her portrait of the late monarch will remain legal tender, but be replaced over time as they become damaged or worn and to meet demand. Workers at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales, will produce 9.6 million copies of the coin to mark the Queen’s death at the age of 96.
It includes the four quarters of the Royal Arms depicted within a shield, with emblems of the home nations – a rose, a thistle, a shamrock and a leek. It takes between 18 months to two years to design a coin, with the monarch personally signing off each one.
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