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Special Report UK News 4th October 2022

King Charles III

Coin Portrait
Revealed
What is the Royal Mint?

• The Royal Mint creates coins that are in

circulation in the UK.

• They have created coins with the Royal family’s

portrait on them for around 1,100 years. They
created their first coin for Alfred the Great.

New 50p and special £5 coins have been

designed featuring the portrait of King Charles
III.
The Royal Mint will sell the coins to collectors
first. The 50p will then go into general
circulation before the end of the year.
The portrait of His Majesty follows in the
footsteps of previous monarchs. In his portrait
King Charles III is not wearing a crown. This is
consistent with all kings on coins in the last few
hundred years.
He is also facing left. This is the opposite
direction to Queen Elizabeth II. Successive
monarchs have faced in opposite directions since
Charles II.
However, he will also break from tradition.
Around the coin is written Charles III. Usually,
monarchs have their names written in Latin. In
Latin, Charles is Carolus.
Charles’ portrait was designed by sculptor
Martin Jennings. He is famous for creating
statues of significant people. His works includes
the statues of the ‘Women of Steel’ in Sheffield
and Charles Dickens in Portsmouth.
Martin Jennings said: “I was delighted to
hear that The King likes the image. He was very
interested in it and responded very positively to
it. It has been very gratifying to be involved in
this important process.”
On the back of the £5 coin are two new
Photo: New £5 coin. Credit: Royal Mint
portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, one from her
youth and one of a more recent likeness. On the
back of the 50p is the design from a previous
coin designed for the coronation of Her Majesty
back in 1953.
There are currently 27 billion coins that
feature a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. These
will still be accepted in shops, as well as the new
coins, for many years.
It is not the only change that has been
revealed by The King. The new royal cypher has
also been released which will be used on new
post boxes.
The cypher is a C and R with a III inside. This
stands for Charles Rex. Rex means king in Latin.
Glossary
circulation Used publicly for the buying and
selling of things.
successive Following on from something else.
gratifying Something that gives pleasure.
cypher Designed Initials which represent
the person.

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version of the new 50p coin. see on the reverse of a coin?

How would you select the right image of This space is often used for famous people
The King? or events.

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side and why? commemorate and why?

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the perfect portrait? agree or disagree? Why?

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