The face of money in the UK and the Commonwealth countries will never be the same. Recalling and replacing the 4.5 bank notes with Queen Elizabeth II’s face in the UK in favor of ones featuring Kin…
The face of money in the UK and the Commonwealth countries will never be the same.
Recalling and replacing the 4.5 bank notes with Queen Elizabeth II’s face in the UK in favor of ones featuring King Charles would take about two years,“The Queen will continue to be legal tender. A further announcement regarding existing Bank of England banknotes will be made once the period of mourning has been observed,” it said in a statement Thursday.
In Australia, coins were likely to feature Charles III with his face turned around to look to the left, the opposite of the coins featuring his late mother, which veer right,It would reportedly take two years for bank notes featuring Queen Elizabeth II to be recalled and replaced.The about-face tradition, in which a new royal faces the opposite direction of their predecessor on currency, started under Charles II in 1660, according to the report.
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