Centuries of tradition are followed as King Charles faces left - the opposite way to the Queen.
Anne Jessopp, chief executive of The Royal Mint, said that coins generally lasted for 20 years, so both Queen Elizabeth and King Charles coins will be in circulation together for many years to come.
Previous British monarchs have been denoted on the inscription using the Latin version of their name. However, the new coins say Charles III rather than Carolus. On the 50p coin, the reverse is a copy of the design used on the 1953 Crown struck to commemorate Queen's coronation.King Charles's portrait is the first coin design undertaken by Martin Jennings, but his public sculptures include poets John Betjeman, in St Pancras Station in London, and Philip Larkin in Hull.
The coins will be struck at The Royal Mint's site at Llantrisant, South Wales, where the official coin maker - and Britain's oldest company - moved to accommodate the decimalisation process in 1967. The Mint was based inside the Tower of London for most of its existence, but since the late 1960s its home has been Llantrisant in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Separately, people are being urged to check whether they have any paper banknotes at home, as they will be withdrawn from circulation by the weekend.
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