King Charles III Effigy on Royal Canadian Mint coins

[jason94151]

I was wondering what do you think about King Charles effigy on the canadian coins now that it been revealed. Do you thing this effigy will affect how your going to buy gold,silver,etc made from royal canadian mint?

 

[Zhorro]

37 minutes ago, jason94151 said:

I was wondering what do you think about King Charles effigy on the canadian coins now that it been revealed. Do you thing this effigy will affect how your going to buy gold,silver,etc made from royal canadian mint?

 

I suppose it is not too bad.

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

Not bad. This is certainly better than their OEII portrait, and better than the Australian one. 

[Agaupl]

Better than the late queen’s. Not as good as UK version. Better than Australian. Definitely don’t dislike it. 

[SidS]

Way better than the Betty White portrait of the last monarch. 😁

He could have straightened his tie though.

[westminstrel]

Why are the heads always at a slightly unnatural angle from the neck?  

And shoulders?

[Agaupl]

23 minutes ago, westminstrel said:

Why are the heads always at a slightly unnatural angle from the neck?  

And shoulders?

It’s unnaturally shoe horned into these designs for some reason. Must be at request 

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

1 hour ago, SidS said:

Way better than the Betty White portrait of the last monarch. 😁

He could have straightened his tie though.

It looks like a half Windsor knot. I never personally liked it, and when I wear a tie I do a full Windsor.

And I got called a toff for that.

[Agaupl]

4 minutes ago, SeverinDigsSovereigns said:

It looks like a half Windsor knot. I never personally liked it, and when I wear a tie I do a full Windsor.

And I got called a toff for that.

There’s no other knot imho

[Paul]

Spotted this on BookFace - shows some other portraits from other countries 

[Agaupl]

9 minutes ago, Paul said:

Spotted this on BookFace - shows some other portraits from other countries 

Don’t forget this banger .. roger moore’s love child 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Agaupl

[Paul]

I can see a lot of folk just shunning KC releases altogether as i don't honestly think he is particularly liked by most people around the world.

Wouldn't be surprised if folk just focused on buying older items or QEII releases they missed out on during her reign

Aside from this Coronation year and its "unique" releases, that will stand the test of time regardless if he is liked or not, i don't think i will be buying very much of anything brand new now ongoing with the exception of the next Great Engravers series

[Agaupl]

18 minutes ago, Paul said:

I can see a lot of folk just shunning KC releases altogether as i don't honestly think he is particularly liked by most people around the world.

Wouldn't be surprised if folk just focused on buying older items or QEII releases they missed out on during her reign

Aside from this Coronation year and its "unique" releases, that will stand the test of time regardless if he is liked or not, i don't think i will be buying very much of anything brand new now ongoing with the exception of the next Great Engravers series

He’s grown on me. Like a benign tumour that you come to love. I personally like him a lot. Not that I’ve met him. He’s got so much going against him and will never be particularly popular… but he is who he is and he embraces that weirdness. He went through so much and he has my sympathy. 

As for coins I think it depends on the length of his reign. I expect it to be 15 plus years but who knows. Looking back George VI reign looks short now and I think Charles will be a similar length. But imagine it being less than 5. 

Edited November 15, 2023 by Agaupl

[SidS]

29 minutes ago, Agaupl said:

Don’t forget this banger .. roger moore’s love child 

Roger Moore and George Bush.

[SeverinDigsSovereigns]

1 hour ago, Agaupl said:

He’s grown on me. Like a benign tumour that you come to love. I personally like him a lot. Not that I’ve met him. He’s got so much going against him and will never be particularly popular… but he is who he is and he embraces that weirdness. He went through so much and he has my sympathy. 

As for coins I think it depends on the length of his reign. I expect it to be 15 plus years but who knows. Looking back George VI reign looks short now and I think Charles will be a similar length. But imagine it being less than 5. 

I've met him twice. He has certainly won over my heart. He's probably one of the nicest person one could ever meet (if one is lucky enough). Of course it's part of his job to be nice, but he's also one of the fewer people who wouldn't scream at people just because they wear tweed.

Forget about his environmental credentials. If you need to name ONE nice environmentalist that's him. On the other hand, the JSO/XR rascals are the exact opposite (and happen to be in the same group of people who hate our King most). And the King neither blocks the road nor tells people what to do by pointing his finger at their noses. He does what he can for what he believes by allowing wind farms on his land and giving away the profits. Leadership in action, which is better than almost any elected politician.

Ultimately, people need to know who's on whose side and what they wish for. I've never seen a republican who could show how we'd be any better off without our monarchy. They usually descend to their usual parroting of "equality" and "outdated" argument but never developed beyond what a crying 3 year old could articulate. Don't forget this: what can be arbitrated as excessive for the royals can be arbitrated for everyone of us. Those going for the "spare" palaces will come after the spare houses and spare rooms of you and I. 

Edited November 15, 2023 by SeverinDigsSovereigns

[AgCoyote]

7 hours ago, Paul said:

I can see a lot of folk just shunning KC releases altogether as i don't honestly think he is particularly liked by most people around the world.

Wouldn't be surprised if folk just focused on buying older items or QEII releases they missed out on during her reign

Aside from this Coronation year and its "unique" releases, that will stand the test of time regardless if he is liked or not, i don't think i will be buying very much of anything brand new now ongoing with the exception of the next Great Engravers series

I prefer the Queen over Charles, that's for sure. I buy as much with the Queen while I can. I think Charles is mostly a clown but I have no problem buying things with the effigy on it. If anything, I enjoy doing something so reactionary as buying gold and silver and having a guy like Charles on the coin.

I think the Canadian effigy is clearly the best one. 

[AgCoyote]

13 hours ago, jason94151 said:

I was wondering what do you think about King Charles effigy on the canadian coins now that it been revealed. Do you thing this effigy will affect how your going to buy gold,silver,etc made from royal canadian mint?

 

I will definitely buy more from the RCM. The Canadian depiction of Liz II was an embarrassment and I pretty much only bought gold from Australia or the UK. A lot of this definitely had to do with the weak effigy on Canadian maples.

The Canadian depiction of Charles is easily the best between the Perth, Royal Mint and RCM.  The Perth depiction of Charles is extremely mopey and sad. The Royal Mint's is OK. Charles has a much more regal attitude in the Canadian effigy.

I will still buy more Perth coins with Charles than I did Canadian coins of Liz because I'm sure Aussie Kangaroos will be very nice.

[modofantasma]

10 hours ago, westminstrel said:

Why are the heads always at a slightly unnatural angle from the neck?  

And shoulders?

It's hours spent hunched over the iPone or tablet 

[Upsidedown]

14 hours ago, Zhorro said:

I suppose it is not too bad.

Look at the snoz on it!

He can smell what the rock is cooking from 1,000 miles away

[ak74]

The effigy version made by Jody Clark pays due respect not only to ears, but to the nose as well

[westminstrel]

Makes me wonder if all other Mints deliberately design the portraits to look more like caricatures.

I don’t believe I’ve seen any portrait of QE II or KC III that’s better than the Royal Mint’s. There’s always something just that much off-kilter about them.

[jason94151]

3 hours ago, ak74 said:

The effigy version made by Jody Clark pays due respect not only to ears, but to the nose as well

Is that Niue official Effigy for King Charles?

[jason94151]

1 hour ago, westminstrel said:

Makes me wonder if all other Mints deliberately design the portraits to look more like caricatures.

I don’t believe I’ve seen any portrait of QE II or KC III that’s better than the Royal Mint’s. There’s always something just that much off-kilter about them.

Doesn't all the other mints need King Charles approval for their effigy portraits? Maybe King Charles had a few requests on how he wanted to look for their Effigy Portaits.

[Gruff]

15 hours ago, Paul said:

Spotted this on BookFace - shows some other portraits from other countries 

Looks like the Jersey and Official UK coin would be odds on to not roll in a straight line if all 4 were rolled together due to the accurate representation of his massive ears  

Edited November 16, 2023 by Gruff
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[SidS]

5 hours ago, ak74 said:

The effigy version made by Jody Clark pays due respect not only to ears, but to the nose as well

He also still has the parrot lodged in his ear.