Queen Elizabeth is on several currencies. So now what?

A file photo of a Bank of England employee showing the new five pound note at the Bank of England Museum in London in 2016. Photo: Frank Augstein/AP

Queen Elizabeth II has been depicted on British banknotes and coins for decades. Her portrait also has been featured on currencies in dozens of other places around the world, in a reminder of the British empire's colonial reach.

So what happens next after her death? It will take time for the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries to swap out the monarchs on their money.