The royal post is also changing: the first coins with a portrait of Charles are presented
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The royal post is also changing
First coins with Charles portrait presented
9/30/2022 7:59 am
Great Britain gets new coins: instead of his mother, King Charles III. To Be Visible. With the new relief, sculptor Jennings has kept to tradition. But even Queen Elizabeth II is not completely disappearing from the British currency.
The UK Mint has minted the effigy of King Charles III. unveiled, which will appear on British coins in the future. It is the work of British sculptor Martin Jennings and was personally commissioned by Charles.
The first coins depicting the new king are a commemorative five pound coin and a 50 pence coin commemorating the life of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. According to the Royal Mint, they will be released “in the coming months”, probably in December. Jennings said he designed Charles’s portrait from a photograph. It is the smallest work he has ever completed. It humbles him to imagine that people around the world will be able to see and hold it in their hands for centuries to come.
Legend has it that Charles looks to the left while his mother on the coins looks the other way. The new coins bear the Latin inscription: “King Charles III, by the Grace of God, Protector of the Faith”. Two new portraits of the Queen appear on the reverse of the £5 commemorative coin. Elizabeth II died on September 8 after 70 years on the British throne. According to the Royal Mint Museum, no other British monarch is on as many coins as she does.
New lettering for Royal Mail
In addition, the first letters in the Court Post Office in Buckingham Palace were stamped with the king’s new lettering. Buckingham Palace has announced this. The lettering is the monarch’s monogram, consisting of the first letter of his name combined with an ‘R’ for Rex (Latin for king) or Regina (Latin for queen).
The first stamp with the royal script dates from 1901 and was introduced by Edward VII, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Royal Post Offices at Buckingham Palace. The lettering was introduced at a time when the monarch was seen by very few people to create identity.
