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  "textContent": "To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video\n\nUp Next\n\nPrevious Page\n\nNext Page\n\nTwo coins commemorating the late Queen Elizabeth II have been slammed for making her look like she ‘just ran into a wall’.\n\nThe Royal Australian Mint released the two coins to mark 100 years since Queen Elizabeth’s birth and her ‘remarkable life of devotion and humanity’.\n\nThe $5 (£2.56) and 50c (26p) silver coins depict the Queen, who died at the age of 96 in 2022, surrounded by symbols her life, such as corgis and horses.\n\nHowever, social media users said the front-facing portrait ‘doesn’t even look remotely like her’.\n\nThe Queen is surrounded by images of her life and passions, but its the portrait which has received so much attention\n\nThe artwork was compared to the cartoon character Shrek and Mrs Doubtfire, played by Robin Williams in the 1990s film.\n\nOne commentator joked: ‘Did she forget to put her teeth in on the sitting day?’\n\nWhile another collector said: ‘Is this what happens when the queen is not around to approve the design?’\n\nOne Facebook user added: ‘There’s a reason most portraits are from the side. Looks like she just ran into a wall.’\n\nThe backlash was so strong that it prompted the Royal Australian Mint to release a statement defending their coins.\n\nThey said their ‘coin images don’t always capture the full beauty of a design once it’s etched in metal.’\n\nThe organisation stressed the coin was ‘palace approved’, adding that it reflected ‘the many facets of Queen Elizabeth II’s life and legacy.’\n\nCollectors think the Queen looked rather different in real life (Picture: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)\n\nThey continued: ‘At the heart of the coin is a portrait by Royal Australian Mint artist Aleksandra Stokic, rendered with warmth and dignity. One hundred years after her birth, the portrait reflection on a reign that shaped an era.’\n\nEither way the metalwork has been a hit among collectors, with local media reporting the silver proof coins have sold out.\n\nAccording to the mint’s website, it created 30,000 of the 50c coins and 5,000 of the $5 pieces.\n\nThey are all collector’s items and won’t enter general public circulation.\n\nThe back of the coins features a portrait of King Charles.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "New Queen Elizabeth coins slammed for making her look like Shrek"
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