King Charles III is depicted uncrowned and facing to the left on the first British coins featuring his image, unveiled

The First coins featuring monarchs was  for more than 1,100 years. The first was Alfred the Great.The Charles coin was designed by the British

sculptor Martin Jennings

Coins featuring King Charles III are set to enter use before Christmas in the UK, where they’ll circulate alongside existing ones depicting Queen Elizabeth II.

Oldest British Coin: The guinea is a coin that was minted in the Kingdom of England and later in the Kingdom of Great Britain and the United Kingdom between 1663 and 1813. The first guinea was produced on February 6, 1663.

The first 50-pence coins featuring the king will start appearing in general circulation before Christmas. His portrait will also appear on a new 5-pound commemorative coin, which, on the reverse side, will feature two new portraits of Charles’s mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Charles is shown facing from right to left, the opposite direction to his Queen Elizabeth  II, following a royal tradition in which coins’ orientation is reversed for successive monarchs

king’s portrait, by sculptor Martin Jennings, will first appear on special commemorative £5 and 50-pence coins, with the smaller denomination entering general circulation by Christmas.

Coins are changing, but UK banknotes won’t for the nowadays. Following instructions from the Royal Household to “minimise the environmental and financial” effects of any modifications, the Bank of England has said that it’ll still print current notes that feature the queen. By the tip of the year, new banknotes are going to be introduced, and by 2024, they must be in use.

While the late queen’s profile faces right, Charles’ faces left. for hundreds of years, custom has dictated that the new monarch face within the other way because the old monarch.

Kings don’t wear crowns on coins; Queens do. Victoria wore a crown on coins while King William IV before her didn’t. It’s called tradition.

Why is King Charles III not wearing a crown on the new coin?

Kings don’t wear crowns on coins; Queens do. Victoria wore a crown on coins while King William IV before her didn’t. It’s called tradition.

The coins bear the inscription “CHARLES III • D • G • REX • F • D” a shortened style of the Latin for “King Charles III, by the Grace of God, Defender of the Faith”. On the reverse of the 50p may be a copy of a design from a 1953 coin that was designed for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. The flip side of the £5 shows two new portraits of the Queen at different stages of her life with the dates of her birth and death.

Unlike the assorted image of Queen Queen of England used on coins and stamps throughout her reign, King Charles III appears without a crown. Is it an indication of the price of living crisis?  Is it a gesture designed to indicate a more humble approach, like when Pope Francis’s rejection of scarlet slippers?

Why are the King Charles III coins facing the other way?

The other question lots of individuals are asking on Twitter is why the new king is looking within the other direction in comparison to Queen Elizabeth II coins. Does it show a change within the Royal perspective? Nope. Again, it is a rule. Each successive monarch must face within the other way to their predecessor…. Usually. King of Great Britain overrode the rule because he believed his profile was more flattering when he faced left while tradition dictated he should face to the proper. And, well, he was the king (for a while), so he could decide that.