US Edition‘Wicked Witch of the West’: Late Queen’s image on new Australian coins shocks UK
The Royal Australian Mint issued 35,000 commemorative coins marking Queen Elizabeth II's centenary, despite criticism over the front-facing portrait's likeness.
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'Did Queen Elizabeth hit a wall?': criticism erupts over Australia’s new commemorativ
Australia’s mint has released two collector coins featuring the late queen, but the portrait has drawn criticism online, with some users saying it barely resembles Elizabeth and even comparing it to Robin Williams’ Mrs. Doubtfire
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‘Wicked Witch of the West’: Late Queen’s image on new Australian coins shocks UK
The commemorative coins that depict Elizabeth II later in life have not been well received the UK, drawing comparisons to Mrs Doubtfire.
New commemorative coins issued by the Royal Australian Mint to mark the 100th birthday of the late Queen Elizabeth II have sparked a public outcry and a wave of harsh criticism, with the design described as "monstrous" and "grotesque."
Right royal mirth over Down Under coins on late queen
Australia's royal mint has defended a widely-lampooned image of the late Queen Elizabeth II on new commemorative coins celebrating her life. The "stunning heavenly" 50 cent and $5 Australian coins were revealed by the mint this week, featuring a front-facing effigy of the queen to celebrate her reign, 100 years after her birth. But the royal's image, which the Royal Australian Mint described on Thursday as a "stunning portrait" rendered with "wa…
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