British Currency

New coins featuring King Charles III with British bees go into circulation

The first one pound coins featuring King Charles III with a design incorporating British bees have gone into circulation in the UK from Tuesday, with a total of 2.975 million coins making their way into tills via Post Offices and banks around the country. According to the Royal Mint, the tribute to British bees is one of eight new designs that will appear on the country's coins in one pence to two pound denominations. They feature animals such as the Hazel Dormouse, Puffin and the Atlantic Salmon as all species which are in active conservation programmes, reflecting the 75-year-old monarch's environmental concerns. The Royal Mint has made the circulating coinage of each of Britain's monarchs since Alfred the Great and it is an honour to reveal that King Charles III's one-pound coin is now in circulation, said Rebecca Morgan, Director of Commemorative Coin at the Royal Mint. We know there'll be a buzz of excitement amongst collectors and the public to get this special piece of histo

Royal Mint unveils first coins to feature King Charles III's portrait

Britain's Royal Mint has unveiled the first coins to feature the portrait of King Charles III. Britons will begin to see Charles' image in their change from around December, as 50-pence coins depicting him gradually enter circulation. The new monarch's effigy was created by British sculptor Martin Jennings, and has been personally approved by Charles, the Royal Mint said Friday. In keeping with tradition, the king's portrait faces to the left the opposite direction to his mother's, Queen Elizabeth II. Charles has followed that general tradition that we have in British coinage, going all the way back to Charles II actually, that the monarch faces in the opposite direction to their predecessor," said Chris Barker at the Royal Mint Museum. Charles is depicted without a crown. A Latin inscription surrounding the portrait translates to King Charles III, by the Grace of God, Defender of the Faith." A separate memorial 5-pound coin remembering the life and legacy of Elizabeth will be ..

Pound stabilises but turmoil in stock markets continues for UK economy

The British pound stabilised in Asian trading on Tuesday after plunging to a record low a day earlier, as the Bank of England and the British government tried to soothe markets nervous about a volatile UK economy. The instability began to have real-world impacts, with several British mortgage lenders withdrawing deals amid concern that interest rates may soon rise sharply. The pound was trading at around $1.08 on Tuesday morning. On Monday it plunged to $1.0373, the lowest since the decimalisation of the currency in 1971, on concerns that tax cuts announced Friday by Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng would swell government debt and fuel further inflation. Late Monday the central bank said it was closely monitoring" the markets and would not hesitate to boost interest rates when it next meets in November to curb inflation that is running at 9.9%. The UK Treasury also sought to reassure markets, saying it would set out a medium-term fiscal plan on Nov 23, alongside an economic forecast b

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Euro rises as Russia says still open to dialogue on Ukraine crisis

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The value of a £1 coin

Despite Brexit and the pound's deterioration, it is still the proud coin of a self-confident realm