GuardianWolvenFriend t1_j0xo46h wrote on December 20, 2022 at 4:20 AM

Imagine putting your face on every single denomination. So much for honoring the past

Nerevarine91 t1_j0xwaaw wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:40 AM

The reigning monarch’s portrait being on currency goes back to before the Norman invasion, lol

StephenHunterUK t1_j0yolk0 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 11:51 AM

Back to Ancient Rome:

http://www.romancoins.info/ImaginesImperatorum-minus1.html

Nerevarine91 t1_j0ypnba wrote on December 20, 2022 at 12:03 PM

True, although interrupted (at least in the UK). Most of the Anglo-Saxon kings prior to… maybe Æthalstan?… simply put their name on the coins, until the use of a portrait was reimplemented

Trips-Over-Tail t1_j0xvrao wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:34 AM

What do you mean?

Thue t1_j0yvtw3 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Maybe he is criticizing Queen Elizabeth II for having her face on the currency for all these years?

Trips-Over-Tail t1_j0zc6i5 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:19 PM

Any monarch who asks not to be on the money will swiftly learn how limited their power truly is.