article_snippet: New portrait profile is one of the most famous in the world and is seen every day on coins, stamps and bank notes, but now, the Queen is to get a new look.
article_snippet: A new coin portrait of the Queen Majesty has been unveiled by the Royal Mint and will be used on currency from this year.
article_snippet: The effigy, which was designed by engraver Jody Clark, is only the fifth official coin portrait made during the Queen's 63-year reign and replaces the current one, which first appeared in 1998.
article_snippet: New look: A new coin portrait of Her Majesty has been unveiled by the Royal Mint .
article_snippet: Unlike the previous one, which shows Her Majesty in the Girls of Great Britain tiara, New portrait shows Her wearing the George IV State Diadem and a delicate pair of  drop earrings.
article_snippet: New portrait is an updated version of the Ian Rank-Broadley design, created in 1997 .
article_snippet: : New portrait is only the fifth to be produced during the Queen's reign, with the first in 1953 . '
article_snippet: The first coin portrait of the Queen's reign appeared in 1953, shortly after she took the throne, and was designed by Mary Gillick.
article_snippet: Although the four subsequent designs show her wearing a crown, her first portrait showed a fresh-faced young the Queen wearing nothing more than an evergreen wreath.
article_snippet: That all changed when a new coin portrait entered circulation in April 1968, which showed a sterner version of the Queen in the George IV diadem.
article_snippet: The image, which was designed by Arnold Machin, was replicated on stamps and remains one of the most famous portraits of the Queen ever created.
article_snippet: For the fourth coin portrait of the Queen, which replaced Maklouf's design in 1997, Her Majesty chose to wear the magnificent Girls of Great Britain tiara.
article_snippet: Famous: The 1968 portrait on the left is used on all stamps while the one on the right was introduced in 1997 .
highlights_snippet: New portrait is only the fifth of the Queen's reign so far .