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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Notaphylic_C, post: 18847702, member: 130786&quot;]I have read a lot of varied comments from the various forums online.&nbsp; Some monarchists are passionately critical of the move &amp; I hate to admit, I understand their position (to a point).&nbsp; I have felt ambivalent myself. On the one hand, Charles III does seem more in tuned with each Commonwealth nation&#039;s pressing issues (reconciliation for indigenous peoples, for example).&nbsp; Dropping his image is a pretty huge departure from tradition.&nbsp; Many numismatists have used the various monarchies to organize their collections.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But on the other hand, I doubt very much it will bother him or the royal family. I&#039;m sure he recognizes each country&#039;s need to move forward with their own independence.&nbsp; We have no doubt benefitted from our connection to the Commonwealth (&amp; it would be a shame to dispense with it altogether) but each decade brings new challenges.&nbsp; I believe each nation needs to face these challenges with new technologies, innovations &amp; a sense of our their unique identity.&nbsp; It&#039;s befitting of us to acknowledge our indigenous peoples as we&#039;ve benefitted greatly from so much of their knowledge/ways as settlers. (Just as we need to settle outstanding land claims, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp; It doesn&#039;t hurt to remove old dead politicians who were offensive to this segment of the population. </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is one of my favourite banknotes from Australia, the 1988 first polymer $10:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1538311[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1538312[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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