Proclamations

2018-03-232018-03-22Coinage Act 1971TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk299471262238

BY THE QUEEN

DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN FOR A NEW SERIES OF FIVE POUND COINS IN GOLD, STANDARD SILVER, SILVER PIEDFORT, PLATINUM PIEDFORT AND CUPRO-NICKEL; AND A NEW SERIES OF TWENTY-FIVE POUND COINS IN PLATINUM CELEBRATING THE SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES

ELIZABETH R.

Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (c), (cc), (cd), (d) and (dd) 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, to determine the weight and fineness of certain gold coins, the remedy to be allowed in the making of such coins and their least current weight, and to determine the weight and composition of coins other than gold coins or coins of silver of Our Maundy money, and the remedy to be allowed in the making of such coins, to provide for the manner of measurement of the variation from the standard weight of coins, and to determine the percentage of impurities which such coins may contain:

And Whereas under section 3(1)(f) and (ff) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to direct that coins made at Our Mint other than gold, silver, cupro-nickel and bronze coins shall be current and that any coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount:

And Whereas under section 6(2) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to prescribe the composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of coins of any metal other than gold, silver or cupro-nickel:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to order that, to celebrate the seventieth birthday of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, there should be made at Our Mint a new series of coins of the denomination of five pounds in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort, platinum piedfort and cupro-nickel; and a new series of coins of the denomination of twenty-five pounds in platinum.

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (c), (cc), (cd), (d), (dd), (f) and (ff), the said section 6(2), 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:

FIVE POUND GOLD COIN

1. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 38.61 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight or 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.

(4) The design of the said gold coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS · 2018”, and for the reverse a depiction of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales with the inscription “· H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES ·” and “70TH BIRTHDAY”. The coin shall have a plain edge.’

FIVE POUND STANDARD SILVER COIN

2. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 28.28 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.61 millimetres, a standard composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said silver coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight, composition or diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.45 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine silver; and

(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.

(4) The design of the said silver coin shall be as follows:

(5) The said silver coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

FIVE POUND SILVER PIEDFORT COIN

3. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 56.56 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.61 millimetres, a standard composition of 925 parts per thousand fine silver, and being circular in shape.

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.215 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine silver; and

(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.

(4) The design of the said silver coin shall be as follows:

(5) The said silver coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

TWENTY-FIVE POUND PLATINUM COIN

4. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of twenty-five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 7.846 grammes, a standard diameter of 20 millimetres and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said platinum coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight or diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.075 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of five-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(6) The design of the said platinum coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2018 · 25 POUNDS”, and for the reverse a depiction of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales with the inscription “· H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES ·” and “70TH BIRTHDAY”. The coin shall have a grained edge.’

(7) The said platinum coin shall be legal tender for payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

FIVE POUND PLATINUM PIEDFORT COIN

5. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 94.2 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.61 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.85 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(6) The design of the said platinum coin shall be as follows:

(7) The said platinum coin shall be legal tender for payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

FIVE POUND CUPRO-NICKEL COIN

6. (1) A new coin of cupro-nickel of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 28.28 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.61 millimetres, a standard composition of seventy-five per centum copper and twenty-five per centum nickel, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said cupro-nickel coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight, composition or diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.75 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard composition of two per centum copper and two per centum nickel; and

(3) The said cupro-nickel coin may contain impurities of three-quarters of one per centum.

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

(5) The design of the said cupro-nickel coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS · 2018”, and for the reverse a depiction of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales with the inscription “· H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES ·” and “70TH BIRTHDAY”. The coin shall have a grained edge.’

(6) The said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

7. This Proclamation shall come into force on the fifteenth day of March Two thousand and eighteen.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this fourteenth day of March in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and eighteen and in the sixty-seventh year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN