# I got a US coin in my change. Except it wasn’t **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420 "2025-08-23T21:10:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/1 "2025-08-23T21:10:47Z")
I was putting my coins away and saw one that I didn’t recognise. It had a guy’s head on it, so I thought it was an American coin, but it didn’t look right. So I looked at it more closely. It was a Canadian quarter, but with a guy? Looked at it even more closely. It’s Charlie! First coin with His Majesty that’s found its way into my change. All my life, our coins have had a woman on them, so when I saw a guy on the coin, I assumed it was foreign. (The Royal Canadian Mint did advise use that it would take a whole to get the Charlie coins into circulation, due to the care needed in preparing the effigy, then the dies, and scaling up to a nation-wide production chain.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/2 "2025-08-23T21:12:18Z")
I’ve been getting them on the regular for a few months now. Currently two kings (both quarters, but I’ve seen dimes and nickels, too) and four queens among my change. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/3 "2025-08-23T21:17:00Z")
So King Charles is going to be the change people want to see in their life? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/4 "2025-08-23T21:23:49Z")
Took me a moment to realize who the OP was. To us Americans, “I got a US coin in my change” doesn’t seem like it’s worth noting at all, and “it has a guy on it” certainly wouldn’t trigger a reaction of “It’s US”. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/5 "2025-08-23T21:24:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So King Charles is going to be the change people want to see in their life? He’s the change you get, not the change you want. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/6 "2025-08-23T21:48:19Z")
I wonder if Charles will give quarter? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/7 "2025-08-23T22:05:55Z")
To call someone who cares? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/8 "2025-08-23T22:21:37Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > So I looked at it more closely. It was a Canadian quarter, but with a guy? > > Looked at it even more closely. > > It’s Charlie! I wouldn’t expect to see a Canadian quarter these days with anyone’s image on it other than QE II, but coins circulate long enough (and I’m old enough) that the concept of a guy’s head instead of QE II would have brought to mind the George VI coins I still remember as a kid, though they were vanishing quickly. I may even have used some to buy ice cream at the Dairy Queen\* down the street! \* Not actual royalty. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/9 "2025-08-23T22:23:31Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I wonder if Charles will give quarter? Does the rubber cover Charles’ head? Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/10 "2025-08-23T22:56:05Z")
There’s no way the US Mint would put someone with such a weak chin on their coins. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/11 "2025-08-23T23:05:19Z")
His nose is definitely noticeable in the profile on the coins. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/12 "2025-08-23T23:58:00Z")
You say that now, but the current US president’s image has already been put onto coins by other sources: I can see a dystopian near-future where it’s on coins issued by the US mint. Spoilered so as not to derail / politicize the thread with a silly response. ([https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61qYXjMZFSL.jpg](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61qYXjMZFSL.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/13 "2025-08-24T00:40:50Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I wonder if Charles will give quarter? Well, it was an American who said _“No quarter asked or given!”_ (John Paul Jones, hell of a sailor and bass player) ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/14 "2025-08-24T02:47:00Z")
I can’t remember the last time I used coins. Basically I use 20s to pay our house cleaners and 5s for tips. So I guess I’ll never see a Cholly. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/15 "2025-08-24T03:10:42Z")
This thread inspired me to look it up. He’ll be on the $20 by 2027 (presuming he’s still with us). ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/16 "2025-08-24T04:14:11Z")
We just drove back to the States today after a week in Ontario. It didn’t even occur to me to look until I saw this thread, but I got Chuckles on a quarter at the farmer’s market yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/17 "2025-08-24T07:18:48Z")
Meanwhile, the UK Royal Mint has just issued the last of its stock of QE2 coins: > **[A Royal Handover: Final Queen Elizabeth II £1 Coins and New King Charles III...](https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/press-centre/a-royal-handover-final-queen-elizabeth-ii-1-coins-and-new-king-charles-iii-1-coins-create-a-buzz-in-circulation/)** > > This is the last ever batch of £1’s featuring Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s effigy – which will include the rarest £1 in active circulation. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/18 "2025-08-24T07:54:50Z")
I know how that feels - I recently got my first Charlie coin in Australian currency. It has [Bluey](https://pockettreasures.com.au/products/untitled-sep13_14-57?srsltid=AfmBOoplO558R7hLhPk3rNLq4gkoE3VrB9DA3VbYpXgoUge1CgTnD4t9) on the front. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/19 "2025-08-24T17:51:46Z")
> [@Cazzle](#): > > It has [Bluey](https://pockettreasures.com.au/products/untitled-sep13_14-57?srsltid=AfmBOoplO558R7hLhPk3rNLq4gkoE3VrB9DA3VbYpXgoUge1CgTnD4t9) on the front. That seems real, but it can’t be. Can it? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420/20 "2025-08-24T18:06:34Z")
Apparently it is a real Australian dollar coin. There were two coins with a representation of a cartoon character minted in 2024. > **[Bluey Dollarbucks](https://www.ramint.gov.au/collect/national-coin-collection/corporate-partnerships/australia-post-programs/bluey-dollarbucks)** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-us-coin-in-my-change-except-it-wasn-t/1022420.md?page=2)