British banknotes will change sides. The first banknotes with the effigy of the new King Charles III will enter circulation in mid-2024 in the United Kingdom, the Bank of England announced on Tuesday in a release. But the portrait that will appear on these bills will be unveiled later this year,
“It will appear on the existing designs of the four polymer banknotes” of 5, 10, 20 and 50 pounds, “and no further changes will be made,” according to the statement.
But the notes with the effigy of Isabel II will not disappear from purses as soon as the new denominations come into circulation. They will continue to circulate in parallel and will only be removed when they are damaged to “minimize the environmental and economic impact of the change of monarch”, following the guidelines of the Royal House, specifies the monetary institute.
Existing stocks of banknotes, bearing the late sovereign, will be put into circulation as planned, while new polymer currency, which has gradually replaced paper money in the UK since 2016, will only be printed to replace it. any global increase in demand”.
The new royal monogram unveiled
Buckingham Palace also unveiled the new royal monogram – the initials of Charles III – on Monday night, which will be displayed on government buildings and letter boxes and stamped on official documents. Under Elizabeth II, the monogram was “EIIR”, for Elizabeth II Regina (queen in Latin).
The royal monogram will become “CIIIR” for Charles III Rex (Latin for king). In Buckingham’s published monogram images, the C and R are intertwined and a crown floats above the initials. Messengers leaving Buckingham Palace will be flanked by the new “CIIIR” from Tuesday, a date that marks the end of royal mourning for the Queen who died on September 8 at the age of 96. The Buckingham Post Office sees some 2,000 packages and letters pass through each year, including invitations, responses to letters or cards and official letters.
After the national anthem, now sung in its male version, “God Save The King”, many aspects of daily life in the United Kingdom will change with the accession to the throne of Charles III.
The face of the new king will thus begin to appear on coins from across the Channel, but also in other countries of the world, or even on British stamps. The government names of “Her Majesty of him”, Treasury and Customs have already replaced “His Majesty of him”.
Source: BFM TV
