Anne Jessopp, chief executive of The Royal Mint, said that coins generally lasted for 20 years, so both Queen Elizabeth and King Charles coins will be in circulation together for many years to come.
Previous British monarchs have been denoted on the inscription using the Latin version of their name. However, the new coins say Charles III rather than Carolus. On the 50p coin, the reverse is a copy of the design used on the 1953 Crown struck to commemorate Queen's coronation.King Charles's portrait is the first coin design undertaken by Martin Jennings, but his public sculptures include poets John Betjeman, in St Pancras Station in London, and Philip Larkin in Hull.
The coins will be struck at The Royal Mint's site at Llantrisant, South Wales, where the official coin maker - and Britain's oldest company - moved to accommodate the decimalisation process in 1967. The Mint was based inside the Tower of London for most of its existence, but since the late 1960s its home has been Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Separately, people are being urged to check whether they have any paper banknotes at home, as they will be withdrawn from circulation by the weekend.
Isnt the monarch's head supposed to be facing right, not left....
I've seen 4 different heads on coinage in my lifetime. Victoria, George VI, Elizabeth II, and now Charles III. The way things look, I reckon I'll see another monarch crowned in this lifetime.
God save the King.
50p soon to be the new 6 pence
Without Crown
King Charles lead the lowest pound value.. Look like the monarch really represent the reality situation.
As Beyonce would say, to the left to the left. Will these coins be irreplaceable?
😂😂😂😂😂😂 ugly 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
NotMyKing
Daamn he ugly!
Why ?
What is this!
Elvis
The way the £ is dropping they might want to add a '0' to those coins.
Ew wtf is that shit
No thank you! NotMyKing AbolishTheMonarchy
Not a good likeness
God Save the King!
Why Charles Rex and not Carolus Rex? Did they think it would be too confusing for general public?
Much better with the grinding teeth
Amazing
I still like the ones with the Queen better, for some reason.
Kwasie
Thank fuck for that. Some good news at last.
I knew I’d seen that head before
LabourPatriot
There's a distinct lack of crown on his over hairy crown. Perhaps they will release another after the Coronation? Perhaps he just wants to look like some ordinary bloke on the coins?
'...unlike the Queen, he wears no crown.' – Is a diadem a crown?
Is this the new British pound? 🤔
Should have used the one with his 20s look - like King Rama X
They've given him a toupe. He doesn't have that much hair in real life.
🔥
The fact that the currency has crashed since Charles’ face has been upon it speaks volumes. Unlike his mother, Charles is unreliable and untrustworthy. That is the problem with hereditary rule, you cannot choose your leader. AbolishTheMonarchy
AbolishTheMonachy NotMyKing regressive embarrassing stuff for a modern country
Not sure I’m gonna get used to having Arsene Wenger on my loose change… AFC Arsenal
Is he not getting a crown
The ears look a bit small.
This apparently is all the change we’ll get if we buy a loaf of bread with a £1,000 plastic note next winter. inflation budget unions paydemands
Shouldn’t he be facing in the opposite direction on the coin ?
This astrologicalreading of KingCharles's horoscope is very revealing. He will be a fine king, but don't expect him to play the role of a passive spectator.
Bout time Arsene Wenger is honoured
Looks nothing like him
OMG it don't look right 😳 we have had to Queen on the money for that long Bless her 🙏 ❤🤍💙 I suppose we will get use to it 🥰
Lovely
Deface them all, NotMyKing
Whatever majority voices or comments on this, good or bad, it will always have a bad effect and impact on me, Why?🤔Maybe there is always be a dark side in the light and there will always be a light side in the dark. That means Im'not both dark or light..hmm maybe brown... 🍫😍😋
Should they not have waited for him to be wearing a crown?
What a waste of money.
The value is coming down - I meant pound sterling 😀
Scary
No wonder pounds plummeted 🤣🤣🤣What a big big downgrade from QEII
Waste of money
Side view
L
Where is the crown ?
Ugly.
The coin 😂🤣😅😅😅🤓🤪
Lord help you all in that country. RoyalFamily acting like Putin. Karma shows up when you least expect it. BBCSussex free Harry
Jesus
His Ears aren't big enough
His ears are not proportionally correct.
who´s that man?
I have hardly used a coin in the past ten years. What a waste of time and resources.
Is there a burger on the flip side?
Are the Brexiteers happy to have coins without the queens head on it?
What an entire waste of funds.
Looks like the artist messed up the brow and eye area. Needs a do over.
No thanks ,he’s no king of mine.
Looks nothing like him...
Not a pretty face!
Charles in charge.
At the rate of ThickLizzy 's concerted efforts to destroy Britain and its economy, the coins will soon be worth as much as Andrew's morality.
Wouldn’t it be cheaper to to abolish the monarchy and have timeless coinage? Perhaps with a portrait of Paddington on as a sop to monarchists.
Christ, what a waste of money!
I confess to being shocked to realise that in today’s UK £5 is deemed to be so insignificant a sum as to be represented by a coin rather than a note. In my youth the highest value coin was a half crown - equivalent to 12.5p...
Just realised what the real cause was that pound collapsed
Big priority
These globalists can’t make up their minds, first you begin the process of forcing people to go cashless via covid for 2 yrs and now you print coins … make up your minds.
Our currency really is devalued now it has the head of a man who has supported several paedophiles on it. Thank goodness for digital transactions with no need to see the old git.
At the rate truss is trashing the pound, these coins will soon be worthless
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