Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cd) and (d) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to determine the denomination, the design and dimensions of coins to be made at Our Mint, and to provide for the manner of measurement of the variation from the standard weight of coins:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to order that there should be made at Our Mint a new series of coins of the denominations of four pence, three pence, two pence and one pence in silver:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (cd) and (d) and of all other powers enabling Us in that behalf, do hereby, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, proclaim, direct and ordain as follows:

FOUR PENCE SILVER COIN

1. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of four pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 17.63 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

THREE PENCE SILVER COIN

2. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of three pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 16.26 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

TWO PENCE SILVER COIN

3. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of two pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 13.44 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

ONE PENCE SILVER COIN

4. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of one pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 11.15 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

DESIGNS OF THE COINS

5. The design of the said four pence, three pence, two pence and one pence coins shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRATIA · REX · F · D”, and for the reverse the respective figures “4”, “3”, “2”, “1” (according to the denomination of the coin) in the centre, with the date of the year placed across the figure, and encircled with an oak wreath surmounted by the Crown. The coin shall have a plain edge.’

6. This Proclamation shall come into force on the sixteenth day of February Two thousand and twenty-three.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this fifteenth day of February in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-three and in the first year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING