Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (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 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, and to provide for the manner of measurement of the variation from the standard weight of coins:

And Whereas under section 3(1)(ff) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to direct that any coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount:

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 five pounds and fifty pence in silver:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (cd), (d), and (ff), 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 SILVER COIN

1. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 62.42 grammes, a standard diameter of 40 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999 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 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 1.1 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 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 silver coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS”, and for the reverse either:

(a) a depiction of a griffin with the heraldic badge of the Royal House of Windsor accompanied by the inscription “∙ GRIFFIN OF EDWARD III ∙” and the date of the year; or

(b) a depiction of a greyhound with the heraldic badge of Richmond accompanied by the inscription “∙ WHITE GREYHOUND OF RICHMOND ∙” and the date of the year; or

(c) a depiction of a rearing horse with the badge of the House of Hanover accompanied by the inscription “∙ WHITE HORSE OF HANOVER ∙” and the date of the year; or

(d) a depiction of the White Lion of Mortimer supporting a shield portraying a white rose en soleil with the inscription “∙ WHITE LION OF MORTIMER ∙” and the date of the year; or

(e) a depiction of the Yale of Beaufort supporting a shield portraying a portcullis by a royal crown with the inscription “∙ YALE OF BEAUFORT ∙” and the date of the year; or

(f) a depiction of the Black Bull of Clarence supporting the arms as used by Edward IV and Richard III, as well as all the Sovereigns of the House of Lancaster and Tudor, with the inscription “∙ BLACK BULL OF CLARENCE ∙” and the date of the year; or

(g) a depiction of the Falcon of the Plantagenets above the personal badge of Edward IV with the inscription “∙ FALCON OF THE PLANTAGENETS ∙” and the date of the year; or

(h) a depiction of a rearing dragon accompanied by the Coat of Arms of Llwelyn the Great with the inscription “∙ RED DRAGON OF WALES ∙” and the date of the year; or

(i) a depiction of a rearing unicorn accompanied by a shield depicting a lion rampant with the inscription “∙ UNICORN OF SCOTLAND ∙” and the date of the year; or

(j) a depiction of a lion accompanied by a shield portraying Our Royal Arms with the inscription “∙ LION OF ENGLAND ∙” and the date of the year.

The coin shall have a grained edge.’

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

FIFTY PENCE SILVER COIN

2. (1) A new coin of silver of the denomination of fifty pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 7.86 grammes, a standard diameter of 22 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999 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 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 0.08 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 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 silver coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 50 PENCE”, and for the reverse either:

(a) a depiction of a griffin with the heraldic badge of the Royal House of Windsor accompanied by the inscription “∙ GRIFFIN OF EDWARD III ∙” and the date of the year; or

(b) a depiction of a greyhound with the heraldic badge of Richmond accompanied by the inscription “∙ WHITE GREYHOUND OF RICHMOND ∙” and the date of the year; or

(c) a depiction of a rearing horse with the badge of the House of Hanover accompanied by the inscription “∙ WHITE HORSE OF HANOVER ∙” and the date of the year; or

(d) a depiction of the White Lion of Mortimer supporting a shield portraying a white rose en soleil with the inscription “∙ WHITE LION OF MORTIMER ∙” and the date of the year; or

(e) a depiction of the Yale of Beaufort supporting a shield portraying a portcullis by a royal crown with the inscription “∙ YALE OF BEAUFORT ∙” and the date of the year; or

(f) a depiction of the Black Bull of Clarence supporting the arms as used by Edward IV and Richard III, as well as the all the Sovereigns of the House of Lancaster and Tudor, with the inscription “∙ BLACK BULL OF CLARENCE ∙” and the date of the year; or

(g) a depiction of the Falcon of the Plantagenets above the personal badge of Edward IV with the inscription “∙ FALCON OF THE PLANTAGENETS ∙” and the date of the year; or

(h) a depiction of a rearing dragon accompanied by the Coat of Arms of Llwelyn the Great with the inscription “∙ RED DRAGON OF WALES ∙” and the date of the year; or

(i) a depiction of a rearing unicorn accompanied by a shield depicting a lion rampant with the inscription “∙ UNICORN OF SCOTLAND ∙” and the date of the year; or

(j) a depiction of a lion accompanied by a shield portraying Our Royal Arms with the inscription “∙ LION OF ENGLAND ∙” and the date of the year.

The coin shall have a grained edge.’

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

3. This Proclamation shall come into force on the eleventh day of February Two thousand and twenty-one.

Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this tenth day of February in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-one and in the seventieth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN