THE KING COULD BE SUPERSTITOUS

Could Britain’s King Charles III be superstitious? The reigning monarch has final approval authority on his or her image and other accompanying designs as they are about to appear on all British coins, bank notes, and stamps. It has only been learned recently, but Charles pulled the plug on the first design planned to appear on his £1 coin. The king was “heavily involved” in his initial coinage designs, according to British Royal Mint Chief Engraver Gordon Summers. The subject of the reverse of Charles’ pence to £2 (eight coins) is the flora and fauna of the United Kingdom, a nod to the king’s well-known passion for environmentalism. This is in contrast to the “regal” subjects that appear on the reverse of the coins struck during his mother Queen Elizabeth…

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World Coin News (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2024

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