King Charles III will be the fourth British monarch to grace the obverse of New Zealand’s circulating coinage. The March 13 decision will end the coinage on which the late Queen Elizabeth II is featured with the 2024-dated circulation coins, Charles’ circulation coinage beginning in 2025.
According to a Reserve Bank of New Zealand announcement, “The king faces to the left in keeping with the convention that the direction changes between sovereigns.”
The announcement continues,
