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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dafydd, post: 7370304, member: 86815&quot;]Well I&#039;m a Brit and no Monarchist but why change something that has lasted for over 1000 years? I agree with [USER=38375]@Blasty[/USER] that in the future it could be a link with the past. From my point of view, as an ancient collector, (coins that is but I&#039;m the wrong side of 60 so some call me ancient) I get a real thrill seeing images of people who made history 2000 years ago and it is a real link with the past. I have no doubt that some of the images of notables like the Flavians are lifelike as they evolved over time. There were no cameras then and the chance of an artefact surviving until now remote, but thanks to the moneyers and their skill we have a connection with the past and such prolific minting allowed the survival of images that otherwise probably wouldn&#039;t have survived.</p><p>If the next Carrington event wipes out all digital memory we may be grateful for our coinage and the reverses are usually more important than the obverses in preserving history. The last modern coin I bought was the British Royal Mint Crown celebrating David Bowie, maybe one day in the future might be wondering who he was? The monarch on the front will confirm the timeline. There is a real rush towards a cashless society that has been facilitated by the Pandemic and once that happens we will all be subjects but not necessarily under a monarch.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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