Queens Death And Currency

[nailit]

Can anyone tell me...
When the queen dies, stamps, coins & notes will all have to be changed/reprinted to depict Charles (as king)
Is there a time scale as to when stamps, coins & notes...with the present monarch depicted...will cease to become legal tender?
(Yes, I know stamps arnt technically tender)

Son asked me earlier, Didn't know the answer!
Thanks.

[emmie]

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/heres-what-happen-coins-notes-17590758

[emmie]

i don't know but the link should provide some answers i hope.
good question....

[Mamyalynne]

It will be a gradual process, certainly with currency.

Existing coins and notes will continue until they are gradually replaced

[davebro]

not in my lifetime!

[emmie]

davebro, depends - she could go on like Prince Philip or her Mother who was over 100...

[ToraToraTora]

no, I can remember Victorian coins before decimalisation. They get changed gradually.

[roopower]

I think I can remember taking Victoria's pennies in to Brownies. I could be wrong, it was a long time ago.

[davebro]

Who uses real money nowadays anyway?

[Peter Pedant]

depends - 1971 was decimalisation and they were keen to change over even tho the monarch hadnt died

I recollect worn victorian pennies when I was a child

I dont think there is a time on demonetisation. The exchange of paper notes ( 2016 I think ) was because of forgery. - and I think they gave us a years warning.

[Hopkirk]

They won't replace the coins unless there is a change of coin size.

[nailit]

//Who uses real money nowadays anyway?//

I do for one.
Prefer cash than digits on a computer screen.
But thats just me...
Got a bit stashed away in a safe just in case,
Hence the reason for the question...

[ToraToraTora]

Even after decimalisation there were florins and shillings in circulation as 10p and 5p respectively with Victoria, Edward VII, George V etc right up until 1992.

[Peter Pedant]

The tenners just done - were done in a hurry b/c forgery

the old green one pound note - stayed like that for yonks, altho as child, there were a few cashiers - Peppiatt and then O'Brien but they werent demonetarised - they are now

[Peter Pedant]

oh....
Yes, you can still use the old £20 notes as they are accepted as legal tender. Since the Bank of England are yet to confirm when the old £20 notes expire, people will be given six months' notice of its withdrawal.

so it looks as tho they budget ( pun intended ) for six months

[Peter Pedant]

that wasnt me by the way
i wdnt use a plural verb with a singular noun ( Bank )

[davebro]

I have about £13.55 cash in my possession. It won't be a big problem!

[zebo]

My parents' wedding certificate has an Edward VIII stamp on it, Dad used to kid us that it meant they weren't really married.

[THECORBYLOON]

Shillings were legal tender until the end of 1990 when the larger 5p coins were demonetized and florins were demonetized at the same time as the larger 10p coins at the end of June 1993.

[Jackdaw33]

There were three different pound notes in my lifetime. Until 1960 the old pound notes were dark green and did not have the Queen's portrait, neither did the old ten shilling note or fiver. In 1960 notes were changed to show the monarch's head for the first time. Those pound notes lasted till 1977 when they were replaced with a smaller version featuring Isaac Newton. In turn they were replaced by coins in 1983. Scottish banks continued to produce £1 notes but I don't know whether they still do. They were certainly around until the very late 90s.

[THECORBYLOON]

The RBS issues pound notes still but they, along with any other Scots or Bank of England banknotes, are not legal tender in Scotland.