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When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? Obviously not.

by kleiba 6y ago

dijit 6y ago
Might _not_ be obvious since the majority of people did not live in the interim between King George and Queen Elizabeth - and given that monarchs on notes were not a fully realised thing before QEII. (Only Bank of Scotland did it + a few notes from the Bank of England, so it wasn’t so common and didn’t feel like a tradition) And that the “British” queen is still queen of Canada although under a separate title meaning a person could be the head monarch of Canada and not head monarch of Britain. But, to answer the original question: the coins issued under the reign of King George continued to be legal tender until they were phased out naturally, I think the process may have accelerated a bit but for sure there were people using money with King George until 1952.
- timthorn 6y ago
  > there were people using money with King George until 1952. Shilling coins were in circulation until 1997 - it is really quite recently that King George on cash was phased out entirely.
  - Symbiote 6y ago
    31 December 1990, and 30 June 1993 for the florin (10p). A new, smaller 5p coin was introduced in June 1990, and the shilling-size 5p coin (and remaining shilling coins) were withdrawn at the end of that year. In theory, some very old shillings and florins from 1816 could still have been in circulation in 1990 and 1992. But, the Royal Mint and coin collectors would have removed those whenever they could (only pre-1947 ones by Mint for the silver content).
yardstick 6y ago
How so? Canada has the same person as Queen as in Britain. I would expect all notes produced post death to have the new Monarchs image.
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Veen 6y ago
The $20 bill has an image of the Queen, so perhaps they will. (If you’re unaware, Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the UK monarch happens to be the same person as the Canadian monarch.)

When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? Obviously not.

by kleiba 6y ago

When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? Obviously not.

Might _not_ be obvious since the majority of people did not live in the interim between King George and Queen Elizabeth - and given that monarchs on notes were not a fully realised thing before QEII. (Only Bank of Scotland did it + a few notes from the Bank of England, so it wasn’t so common and didn’t feel like a tradition) And that the “British” queen is still queen of Canada although under a separate title meaning a person could be the head monarch of Canada and not head monarch of Britain. But, to answer the original question: the coins issued under the reign of King George continued to be legal tender until they were phased out naturally, I think the process may have accelerated a bit but for sure there were people using money with King George until 1952.

timthorn 6y ago
> there were people using money with King George until 1952. Shilling coins were in circulation until 1997 - it is really quite recently that King George on cash was phased out entirely.
- Symbiote 6y ago
  31 December 1990, and 30 June 1993 for the florin (10p). A new, smaller 5p coin was introduced in June 1990, and the shilling-size 5p coin (and remaining shilling coins) were withdrawn at the end of that year. In theory, some very old shillings and florins from 1816 could still have been in circulation in 1990 and 1992. But, the Royal Mint and coin collectors would have removed those whenever they could (only pre-1947 ones by Mint for the silver content).

yardstick 6y ago

How so? Canada has the same person as Queen as in Britain. I would expect all notes produced post death to have the new Monarchs image.

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Veen 6y ago

The $20 bill has an image of the Queen, so perhaps they will. (If you’re unaware, Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the UK monarch happens to be the same person as the Canadian monarch.)