New King Charles coins draw hundreds to Royal Canadian Mint

The Royal Canadian Mint in Ottawa held a coin exchange on Tuesday for people to swap the nickels, dimes, quarters, loonies and toonies in their pockets for a set of shiny new ones bearing the likeness of Canada's new monarch. It marks the first time the newly struck coins with the effigy of King Charles have entered into circulation.
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[@TKDragon75]

People who say "a monarch should not be on Canada's coins!" probably don't realize Charles is the King of Canada.

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

South Park is a documentary eh

[@althunder4269]

At least it's not Trudeau's mug on the coins.

[@ashtonbeaulieu7570]

Nearly 30 years of living under her reign makes me forget she passed. Its like shes still with us, in a way... May god save the king...

[@thunderstar254]

Reign

[@souls630]

B u r n the king

[@CODEX919]

She was a glorified mascot ma dude, nothing more.

[@mr.chuckleteeth4382]

Down with the monarchy!!!!

[@mirror0000]

Please start a petition to remove the foreign ruler from our money and everything else.

[@gordonp4675]

@@mirror0000 Unfortunately the colonials made it impossible to get rid of the British monarchy.

[@Wargutz666]

Grow up

[@RealGilbertGan]

We just want our privacy!!!

[@souls630]

@@gordonp4675not impossible

[@Glory-to-God.]

King my butt hes just a sinner like me

[@ktefccre]

All the haters... Geez just enjoy it

[@danger1240]

I wonder how much it costs to change and retool to make... Just more wasted money.

[@MEGIDIOT]

Haters? Just say you’re too uninformed to know about why this is problematic

[@kadeijafrancis5474]

I found the toonie in my change yesterday 🤭

[@bigpoppaproductions5986]

Why dont we ever put our own national heros on our currency anymore?

[@michaelhart5087]

Wow! ill keep collecting cans until I have enough King Charles Coins, I cant wait!...🙄😒

[@jleeo570]

People are funny...

[@rethinker167]

God save the king

[@MrMeltphace]

What a great use of tax dollars, how much are we in debt again?

[@wgeegibby8650]

BAARFFF!

[@AnhTuPhucDerrickHoangCanada]

there is a tragedy motif in canadian culture that one hates on parting.... and no one follows up.

[@iosefgarcia7499]

#RoyalCanadaMintQueen And King Exchange.

[@beachmatthew1988]

Cool I wish I had some coin collection

[@MrBuddy-r8w]

There should be absolutely no reason for any monarchs image to be on Canadian Currency.

[@cedric5432]

why

[@MrBuddy-r8w]

@@cedric5432 Because Canada is not England. The monarch is an organization full of ultra wealthy self entitled people who take and give nothing in return. The monarch has a net worth $28 billion and enjoy the finer things in life with no concern for the citizens who struggle to make ends meet. The British monarch should be disolved and the proceeds given to support citizens in need.

[@TKDragon75]

King Charles is the King of Canada, so why not?

[@UKBI-z7y]

yeah why not!!

[@prp3858]

Well… you got the government and Prime Minister you voted for💁‍♀️🎄👍

[@souls630]

F the king we don’t want that fool

[@JL-vo9oi]

🤮

[@67697072]

Why ??

[@indianfoodrecipes2578]

Abolish monarchy

[@UKBI-z7y]

no

[@MEGIDIOT]

Are we the UK?!

[@TKDragon75]

Canada is a commonwealth nation.

[@UKBI-z7y]

yeah the king is still the king of Canada!!

[@peterbutz642]

He never fill mom’s shoes best thing would be for him to step down And let William take over

[@DavidTaylor-yl3yw]

I'm sure William, with three young children, doesn't want to do anything of the sort. The King doesn't have to 'fill mom's shoes' whatever that means. He is far more popular here in Britain than you might expect.

[@UKBI-z7y]

well that would be too soon

[@mustbeaweful2504]

😬… I’m glad they have enthusiasm towards this novelty item.

[@dieselbuilder6588]

He's no king, feeble and weak, abolish monarchy

[@UKBI-z7y]

so are you proboly

[@akadata47]

Its really going to suck when the new maples have charles on them probably wont stack maples anymore really dont care for his face.

[@sunson1491]

Used to be my favorite coin. Now… YUCK

[@Harohikun]

Canada is mostly cashless so these coins will remain a collection piece where the value of that coin will remain stagnant.

[@mlw8998]

Not true. When the dollar crashes as it will soon these and all silver and gold coins will be used as cash with a value far beyond their face value. Those without will struggle to buy food and necessities as systems change. Those holding paper contracts for gold and silver will find themselves without their product and there will be a massive uprising.

[@bigpurplepops]

It’s a damned shame that the vast majority of Canadian youth have no idea who the faces on their money are. Is it really a good idea to ‘carry tradition’ and have a controversial monarch from another continent on every coin instead of people who have done any actual good for our nation?