Royal Canadian Mint Releases Image of a Crownless King Charles for All Coins

Published on November 14, 2023

The Royal Canadian Mint has revealed the image of King Charles that will be soon be on all new coins. It’s a profile of the left side of the King’s face, with him wearing a shirt, tie and no crown. The design announcement on Nov. 14 comes on his 75th birthday. His face on the coins replaces the image of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. “Since opening its doors in 1908, the mint has featured the portrait of the reigning monarch on Canadian coins. When the Government of Canada announced that the effigy of His Majesty King Charles III would appear on Canadian coins, we were proud to once more uphold a long-standing Canadian tradition,” Marie Lemay, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint, said in a statement....

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