The Royal Mint, the company dedicated to manufacturing the cash of the royalty of Great Britain, presented the first coins to be used with the portrait of King Charles III during his reign.
The British will begin to see the image of Charles III on their coins from December, as the coins of 37 pennies depicting him with his face gradually enter circulation.
The effigy of the new monarch was created by the British sculptor Martin Jennings and has been personally approved by King Charles, according to The Royal Mint. In keeping with tradition, the King’s portrait faces left, away from that of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
“Charles has followed that general tradition that we have in British coinage, going back to Charles II, in which the monarch looks in the opposite direction from his predecessor,” said Chris Barker at the Royal Mint Museum.
Carlos is represented without a crown. A Latin inscription surrounding the portrait translates as “King Charles III, by the grace of God, Defender of the Faith”.
A separate commemorative £5 coin will be released on Monday recalling Elizabeth’s life and legacy. One side of this coin features Charles, while the reverse features two new portraits of Elizabeth side by side.
Based in South Wales, the Royal Mint has represented the family British real on coins for over 1100 years, documenting every monarch since Alfred the Great.
“When we first used to make coins, that was the only way people could know what the monarch really looked like, not in the days of social media like now,” said Anne Jessopp, chief executive of the Royal Mint. “So the portrait of King Charles will be on each and every coin as we go forward.”
Jennings, the sculptor, said the portrait was carved from a photo of Charles .
Carlos acceded to the throne on September 8 after the death of his mother, the monarch with the longest reign in Great Britain, who died at 96 years.
About 27 One billion coins bearing the image of Elizabeth II are currently in circulation in the UK. All will remain legal tender and in active circulation, to be replaced over time as they become damaged or worn.
It should be remembered that last September , Buckingham Palace announced the official monogram of King Carlos III, which will appear on government buildings, state documents and some mailboxes.
The king’s monogram, designed by the College of Arms, superimposes his initial “C” for Charles with an “R” for Rex, which means king in Latin , and presents “III” in the center of the “R” to form Carlos III. The crown is featured prominently above the letters.
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