Coinage portraits of King Charles III and related changes

[mrbrklyn]

Ian Rank-Broadley made this portrait for a medal that will be manufactured by the British company Fattorini, to commemorate the coronation.

He needs a mustauch

[Deeman]

He needs a mustauch

Unusual spelling of moustache.

[chrisild]

Or mustache. And no, adding one to the person, and then to the portrait, would in my opinion not be a good idea.

[mrbrklyn]

I've given this some thought and I've decided that this is really a waste of time.  Instead of Charles, who won't even last that long because of his already advanced age, they should just put Boris Johnson on the Obverse.  Johnson is the father of the modern Pound Sterling, otherwise the Brits would have succumbed to the Euro.

I you have to admit, Boris would make a great portrait.  And for the half crown they can use an iconography representation of John Lennon.   I mean WHY NOT.  Why do the coins need to be droll.  And put a Yellow submarine on the pound note.  Anti-counterfeiting devices can be built in so that when you rub the note on the corner of a table it should distinctly say "Yeah Yeah Yeah".   It can be done.  The value of the pond will skyrocket if they did that.

[Alan71]

It was actually Gordon Brown that put the kybosh on the UK joining the euro.  Tony Blair would have happily sold us down the river until Brown, as Chancellor, stopped him in his tracks.  Brown set some economic conditions in order to join it that the UK couldn't possibly meet.  They were also nervous about putting it to a public vote, which would have almost certainly killed it once and for all.

In hindsight, they really should have done referenda for certain EU-related issues.  Other countries did, but the UK saved it all for an in-out vote in 2016.

[mrbrklyn]

It was actually Gordon Brown that put the kybosh on the UK joining the euro.  Tony Blair would have happily sold us down the river until Brown, as Chancellor, stopped him in his tracks.  Brown set some economic conditions in order to join it that the UK couldn't possibly meet.  They were also nervous about putting it to a public vote, which would have almost certainly killed it once and for all.

In hindsight, they really should have done referenda for certain EU-related issues.  Other countries did, but the UK saved it all for an in-out vote in 2016.

I was in London in that week before the votes and the Brits were is a Surly mood, even for Londoners.  The papers were predicting that the BU was going to vote down Brexit, but in streets, people were clearly exasperated with the whole EU Zoo, especially the uncontrolled boarder.  At the end of the day, that was what it was about.  People were fed up... the same feeling in the US before it elected Trump.  I don't know if I should tie those two things together, but the Anglo civilization, everywhere I saw it at that point was fed up... with what, they didn't necessary know, but they had no problem throwing the baby out with the bath water, if necessary.

[chrisild]

The Brexit vote was OK in my opinion. A country that is not really, how shall I put this, EU compatible should not be a member state. The UK apparently expected the EU to turn into some loose trade cooperation and maybe customs union. More years of that, and of continued "budget rebates" etc., might have been disastrous.

As for earlier referendums, sure, the UK could have done that. But we have learned from such votes, in Ireland for example, how much anti-EU campaigning and spreading of what today may be called alternative facts was involved there. Besides, it would have been strange to do that with regard to the EU while it would obviously be illegal to have an independence referendum in Scotland.

Nah, things worked out fine. The process was probably, and maybe still is to some extent, difficult for both the EU and the UK, particularly because of the Northern Ireland issue, but it got done. Now as for BoJo being on coins ... once he is not alive any more, he may get "his" commem, but that's it. 

[augsburger]

I've given this some thought and I've decided that this is really a waste of time.  Instead of Charles, who won't even last that long because of his already advanced age, they should just put Boris Johnson on the Obverse.  Johnson is the father of the modern Pound Sterling, otherwise the Brits would have succumbed to the Euro.

I you have to admit, Boris would make a great portrait.  And for the half crown they can use an iconography representation of John Lennon.   I mean WHY NOT.  Why do the coins need to be droll.  And put a Yellow submarine on the pound note.  Anti-counterfeiting devices can be built in so that when you rub the note on the corner of a table it should distinctly say "Yeah Yeah Yeah".   It can be done.  The value of the pond will skyrocket if they did that.

Boris Johnson is one of the biggest frauds out there. He's a guy who tells people what they want to hear, and then sets about wasting money trying to make himself look good.

If you put Boris on a coin, you'd have to put all the PM on coins, and that's never been done, and never will be.

Coins often say something about a country, that the coins are "droll", is because they have a lot of history behind them.

[mrbrklyn]

let the Caribbeans use a Yellow Submarine like I said.

[quaziright]

I think the article clearly indicated that the 8 member Carribean states will determine for themselves. That yellow submarine which I recall is a British contraption called boaty mcboat face is quite apt for that country's quick descent into ignominy. That could serve as Charles's coat of arms perhaps.

[mrbrklyn]

I think the article clearly indicated that the 8 member Carribean states will determine for themselves. That yellow submarine which I recall is a British contraption called boaty mcboat face is quite apt for that country's quick descent into ignominy. That could serve as Charles's coat of arms perhaps.

Well you are chirpy

[MCz]

It looks that the next one Mint revealed their own portrait: Pobjoy Mint.
Coin issued by British Antarctic Teritorry

[<k>]

From the Guardian (UK).

First stamps to bear King Charles's silhouette to be released

Royal Mail to sell first stamps with King Charles III silhouette.

The creation of the King's silhouette was a collaboration between illustrator Andrew Davidson, Royal Mail's head of design and editorial and Marcus James, and Ian Chilvers, from design agency Atelier Works.

[Big_M]

New Zealand just announced first gold and silver commemoratives bearing the effigy of King Charles, designed by a local artist: Wellington designer and illustrator Stephen Fuller. Not clear whether it will be also used on circulation coins.

NZ King Charles III coronation coins

[quaziright]

I would not have guessed that was Charles