Queen Elizabeth II: What happens to British coins, notes, and passports bearing her portrait after Queen's death

Queen Elizabeth II: What happens to British coins, notes, and passports bearing her portrait after Queen's death

Queen Elizabeth II, who has been on the throne for seventy years, has become an integral part of the daily life of British citizens. In the UK, her portrait, profile and Shahinishan can be seen while withdrawing retail money and buying boxes of food cereals.

So what does it matter now?

All change

29 billion coins in the UK feature the Queen's head. The most recent design was done in 2015 when the Queen was 88 years old.

It was the fifth portrait of the Queen made during her reign.

The Royal Mint has not yet said when or how the coins featuring King Charles' head will begin to be issued.

But the Queen's coins are likely to remain in circulation for years and the process of replacing them will be gradual.

When British coins were updated to decimalization in 1971, i.e. 100 pence to the pound, it was natural for you to get more than one picture of the King or Queen on your refund.

We do not know what the coin with the king's portrait would look like. However, a coin issued by the Royal Mint to celebrate his 70th birthday in 2018 gives a hint.

One thing is for sure, he will be shown facing the other side, the west.

This is to be done when tradition dictates that when a new king arrives, he should be shown on coins facing a different direction than his predecessor.

The new design will be produced at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, South Wales, once the government has given permission.

Since the 1960s, all Bank of England notes have featured the Queen. Bank notes of Scotland and Northern Ireland do not reflect the monarchy.

Now there are about four and a half billion Bank of England notes in the market, which are worth 80 billion pounds.

These notes will also gradually be replaced like coins.

Legally minting time will be given for all notes and coins. The Bank of England will allow sufficient time for those currencies to be converted.

Postage and stamps

Since 1967, all postage stamps issued by Royal Mail have featured a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal Mail will no longer print Queen Elizabeth II stamps.

However, the old stamps will still be used to exchange letters and parcels and the process of printing new stamps will be started.

Postage stamps featuring the new monarch have been published in the past, but Royal Mail has not said what the new design will look like.

In addition to featuring the monarch on postage stamps, Royal Mail also places a royal insignia on several postboxes.

More than 60% of the UK's 150,000 post boxes bear the EIIR symbol of Queen Elizabeth II. The E stands for Elizabeth and the R stands for Regina.

The Scottish Crown is used in Scotland.

Any new post box outside of Scotland will now bear the new king's sign.

But it may take some time for you to see that as the order of installing new boxes is a bit slow.

Permitted Imperial Nissan

From mutton ketchup to cereal packets and perfumes, you must have seen 'by appointment of the Queen' emblazoned with the Queen's Nissan seal.

The same should be true of certain foods or other household items.

These are materials that require a Royal Warrant. This means that the company that manufactures it also regularly supplies it to the residences of the royal family.

In recent centuries, the King, Queen or their spouses and heirs have issued their own Royal Warrants.

Currently, there are about 900 such Royal Warrants in the names of 800 companies.

But after the death of the authorizing member, the Royal Warrants issued by him become inactive and the company has two years to stop using the Royal Nissan.

As an exception, permits issued by the Queen Mother lasted for five years after her death.

Warrants issued by Prince Charles as Prince of Wales will still continue because that is determined by the family, not the title.

The new monarch is expected to hand over such powers to his son and heir to the throne, Prince William.

Passport still valid

Notes, coins, postage stamps and warrants are not the only items in need of updating.

All British passports are issued in the Queen's name and are still usable for travel.

But for the new passport, the wording on the back page is updated and written Raja.

Police forces in England and Wales are to change the Queen Elizabeth insignia on the center plate of their helmets.

Lawyers who were appointed by the Court to Queen's Counsel will be known as King's Counsel with immediate effect.

And finally, the wording of the national anthem 'May God protect the Maharani' will be changed.

After Charles was crowned King in a formal ceremony, a proclamation was made from the balcony of St James's Palace that read "God save the King".

Then the National Anthem was played with that sentence for the first time since 1952.