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The faces of kings and queens are everywhere… On TV, in newspapers and even on money. For example, Queen Elizabeth II’s face is on money all over the world. There are coins and bills with her face in over thirty countries. In 1936, Princess Elizabeth was ten years old and her parents were king and queen. Her face was on this Canadian twenty-dollar bill. In her mid-twenties, her face was on money in Bermuda and Cyprus. In 1953, she was the queen and there were nine countries with her face on their money. Surprisingly there weren’t any pound bills in the UK with her face before this one in 1960. In 1977, after twenty-five years as a queen, she appeared on new pound bills with this picture in eight countries. In the past, pictures of the queen were formal. But in her late fifties, she appeared on the Canadian bill informally. In 1992, the Queen was on money in Fiji, Guernsey, Bermuda and the Bahamas. She was formal again, but smiling! In the past, there weren’t any happy faces of the queen, but finally, in her seventies, she was happy on this Scottish bill in 2002!