Queen Elizabeth II has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. So what happens next after her death this week?
has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. Her portrait also has been featured on currencies in dozens of other places around the world, in a reminder of the British empire's colonial reach.
“As we respect this period of respectful mourning, we continue to strike coins as usual,” the Royal Mint said on its website. worth 82 billion pounds in circulation and about 29 billion coins, British money bearing the queen’s image will likely be in circulation for years. Coins featuring him will show him facing to the left, replacing the queen’s rightward gaze in line with tradition dating to the 17th century. It dictates monarchs be shown in profile and in opposite direction to their predecessors.
In general, when a new portrait subject is chosen for Canadian money, the process begins with drawing up a fresh design, and a new note is ready to be issued “a few years later,” the bank said. said it will issue all of its stock of coins depicting the queen before new ones go out with Charles' image.
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