Queen Elizabeth is featured on several currencies. Now what?

Queen Elizabeth II has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades.

has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. Her portrait also has been featured on currencies in dozens of other places around the world, in a reminder of the British empire’s colonial reach.

The Royal Mint, which is the official maker of British coins, said all coins with her portrait “remain legal tender and in circulation,” with more information to come later. After Charles takes the crown at his coronation, a new portrait will need to be taken to use on redesigned notes and coins, the website said.

“There is no legislative requirement to change the design within a prescribed period when the Monarch changes,” the Bank of Canada said.

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