This comes as it was common for the public to use coins featuring more than one monarch. Meanwhile, the existing 29 billion coins with the queen image in circulation in the UK and Commonwealth countries of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada would remain legal tender and naturally be phased out over time. 2022.” This is the short form of the Latin “King Charles III, by the Grace of God, Defender of the Faith.” The existing coins will be phased out naturally.According to BBC, the text on this new coin says, “CHARLES III Like the previous kings, King Charles isn’t wearing a crown, though Queen Elizabeth II did in the 5 coins designed in her reign.įrom the beginning of next year (2023), the same image will be used on coins from 1 penny to £2. On the coin, King Charles is facing the left to maintain a tradition that witnesses each UK successive monarch switching profile. The 50 pence coin shows a likeness of the British king designed by Martin Jennings, a British sculptor, who revealed it’s his smallest work so far.

Other denominations would also be minted with the same image in 2023. On Friday, the first coin featuring King Charles III was unveiled and would be pushed into public before the end of 2022.

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