New Improved King Charles III Coin Portrait

[LawrenceChard]

New Improved King Charles III Coin Portrait

Based on a design mockup we created much earlier:

Which do TSF members prefer?

The Royal Mint version or the Chards version?

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[Orpster]

Not that dissimilar to be fair

[SidS]

I prefer the RM version, the Chards version, whilst great, give Charles a far too lush head of hair. Charles probably wishes he has that much scalp covering.

Shame neither version kept the earrings. 😉

Edited September 30, 2022 by SidS

[LawrenceChard]

2 minutes ago, SidS said:

I prefer the RM version, the Chards version, whilst great, give Charles a far too lush head of hair. Charles probably wishes he has that much scalp covering.

Shame neither version kept the earrings. 😉

Earrings?

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[James32]

Decent attempt, but he looks constipated. 

[SidS]

1 minute ago, LawrenceChard said:

Earrings?

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Oh someone else stated that although Charles wouldn't be pictured wearing his mother's crown, he should have kept her earrings.

[SemolinaPilchard]

18 minutes ago, SidS said:

Oh someone else stated that although Charles wouldn't be pictured wearing his mother's crown, he should have kept her earrings.

Happy to oblige

[SidS]

Just now, SemolinaPilchard said:

Happy to oblige

Well it's a look.

[James32]

1 minute ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Happy to oblige

 

Just now, SidS said:

Well it's a look.

Actually looks fine, which is a worry!

[SemolinaPilchard]

28 minutes ago, James32 said:

Decent attempt, but he looks constipated. 

I had a word with the Groom of the Stool last week.  He's fine in that department.  

Edited September 30, 2022 by SemolinaPilchard

[LawrenceChard]

17 minutes ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Happy to oblige

I thought you were too busy!

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[SidS]

17 minutes ago, James32 said:

Actually looks fine, which is a worry!

He said he'd be a modern, progressive monarch.

Edited September 30, 2022 by SidS

[SemolinaPilchard]

31 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

I thought you were too busy!

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Tea break

[Norskgeld]

Charlie in his budgie smugglers on skis a la a certain Blackpool coin dealer would be nice to see. 😁

[Midasfrog]

Actually the RM version looks good it will make a fresh change to have a different monarch on our coins 👍

The Chard version was a very good effort but needed more of a side on view 👍

[LawrenceChard]

18 hours ago, Norskgeld said:

Charlie in his budgie smugglers on skis a la a certain Blackpool coin dealer would be nice to see. 😁

Could you make do with this for now?

Might need a longer coin for the requested shot!

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Edited October 1, 2022 by LawrenceChard

[LawrenceChard]

16 hours ago, Midasfrog said:

Actually the RM version looks good it will make a fresh change to have a different monarch on our coins 👍

The Chard version was a very good effort but needed more of a side on view 👍

I think @SemolinaPilchard will be happy to hear "very good effort".

It was a profile view, which is normally regarded as a side on view.

Did you expect something diofferent like a "front side" view or even "back side" view?

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[SidS]

48 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

Could you make do with this for now?

Night need a longer coin for the requested shot!

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What no crown or earrings? 😁

[LawrenceChard]

23 minutes ago, SidS said:

What no crown or earrings? 😁

Next thing we know, and you'll want ****ing wafers with it!

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[Midasfrog]

2 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

I think @SemolinaPilchard will be happy to hear "very good effort".

It was a profile view, which is normally regarded as a side on view.

Did you expect something diofferent like a "front side" view or even "back side" view?

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Looking at the RM side on view only one eyebrow is shown , where as on the Royal Chards version two eyebrows can be seen thats why I knocked a couple of points off 😃

[LawrenceChard]

1 minute ago, Midasfrog said:

Looking at the RM side on view only one eyebrow is shown , where as on the Royal Chards version two eyebrows can be seen thats why I knocked a couple of points off 😃

Buy one eyebrow, get one free!

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[SlowFrog]

On 01/10/2022 at 15:16, LawrenceChard said:

Buy one eyebrow, get one free!

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Honestly, I think the Chards attempt is more accurate. The official one look completely off to me. Seeing a lot of positive comments about it on the forum as I sit here in disbelief. No accounting for taste, Mr. Chard! 

By the way, why is "CHARDS" often missing an apostrophe?

[LawrenceChard]

7 minutes ago, SlowFrog said:

Honestly, I think the Chards attempt is more accurate. The official one look completely off to me. Seeing a lot of positive comments about it on the forum as I sit here in disbelief. No accounting for taste, Mr. Chard! 

By the way, why is "CHARDS" often missing an apostrophe?

It's a style thing. It looks cleaner and neater.

Also:

"There is a trend towards removing apostrophes from business names and place names. This trend may be unstoppable, though it is of course censured by the Apostrophe Protection Society, among others. Confusion and brand simplification are among the reasons for the mark’s gradual disappearance from these domains. A spokesperson for Barclays Bank said of the missing apostrophe: “It has just disappeared over the years. Barclays is no longer associated with the family name.”"

Not only that, but it would not work in an URL, such as chard's.co.uk.

Chard.co.uk was already in use. "Chards" therefore provides a more consistent approach.

Thanks for asking!

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[Arganto]

On 30/09/2022 at 20:23, Norskgeld said:

Charlie in his budgie smugglers on skis would be nice to see. 

Bro...There are things in this world that once seen will forever scar. Stick with your Blackpool bullion dealer bird hiders, that would be my advice. At least we've all had time to digest that image!