Are there any records of how the Royals liked their portraits?

pendragon1998

I got to thinking tonight and was wondering whether there are any records of how the Royalty liked their portraits on their coinage. I'm specifically thinking about the British, but I'd be interested to hear accounts of how anyone who's had their face plastered on a coin reacted when shown their legacy.

BillyKingsley

Well, if you are the King or Queen, and you DIDN'T like it...I would imagine they would have the power and authority to have it changed, right?

Just a guess!

Sapyx

We only tend to have recorded some specific examples of a monarch not liking their portrait. I suppose we can assume that a monarch that never had their portrait changed (like George V or George VI) thought their first portrait was adequate enough.

Portrait coins of Edward VIII never eventuated because the king got into an argument with the mint over his portrait. The king apparently wanted to face left, so the part in his hair would be seen. But this would have violated the centuries-old tradition of new monarchs facing the opposite way their immediate predecessor did.

George III was apparently notorious for disliking the images of him used on coinage. This may explain why virtually every new George III coin series has a different portrait.