Rawhide "Doug" Kobayashi
Сила бога-нам подмога
In what can certainly only be a poor omen for the Commonwealth of Nations, it seems that no nation's mint is particularily interested in putting their new reigning sovereign, King Charles III, on their countries' respective national currencies; take for example, Belize:
He's supposed to be the King's loyal minister in Belize!
Even Australia, which is possibly the only Commonwealth nation that still has a viable monarchist movement, they don't seem particularily keen:
Canada meanwhile said outright they have no plans at all to put Charles on the money.
So is this it? Is this where the Commonwealth slowly frays further until, like the Roman Senate, it becomes lost to memory in the background noise of all else that is occuring simultaneously?
Prime Minister John Briceno said:"Let's put it this way, the notes are still good. Why would we spend money and get rid of it and hurry put the King on it at this time? I think as we go replacing them, quite likely we are going to put the King for now. We have to wait and see what will be the recommendations from the Constitutional Reform Commission that we just set up. We finally enacted into law, so they will be launched on the 1st November to do the actual work and if people want to take away that and then put your face on it, then we will put your face on it. But the point is that the Queen will stay for right now. When we replace the dollars, then certainly we will replace it right now for the king until the law is changed."
He's supposed to be the King's loyal minister in Belize!
Even Australia, which is possibly the only Commonwealth nation that still has a viable monarchist movement, they don't seem particularily keen:
However, the Australian $5 banknote may not feature King Charles for a little while. A Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) spokesperson told The Guardian, “We will plan for an update to the $5 banknote design in due course. Creating the design for new banknotes is a complex process.”“It can be several years [between] when a banknote is printed and when it is issued into circulation depending on demand from the public and the need to replace banknotes that have become worn in circulation.”
Canada meanwhile said outright they have no plans at all to put Charles on the money.
So is this it? Is this where the Commonwealth slowly frays further until, like the Roman Senate, it becomes lost to memory in the background noise of all else that is occuring simultaneously?