Whereas under section 3(1) (cc), (cd), (dd) and (h) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation 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, to determine the percentage of impurities which such coins may contain and to alter any Proclamation previously made under the said section:

And Whereas by Our Proclamation dated the eleventh day of October 2023 We determined, among other matters, the weight and composition and the remedy to be allowed in the making of certain fifty pence and twenty pence cupro-nickel coins:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to determine a new remedy for the said fifty pence and twenty pence cupro-nickel coins:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1) (cc), (cd), (dd) and (h), 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:

1. In paragraph 17 of Our said Proclamation of the eleventh day of October 2023 determining the specifications and design for a new series of fifty pence cupro-nickel coins, for:

“(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 said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount not exceeding ten pounds in any part of Our United Kingdom.”

there shall be substituted:

“(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 said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount not exceeding ten pounds in any part of Our United Kingdom.”.

2. In paragraph 23 of Our said Proclamation of the eleventh day of October 2023 determining the specifications and design for a new series of twenty pence cupro-nickel coins, for:

“(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 said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount not exceeding ten pounds in any part of Our United Kingdom.”

there shall be substituted:

“(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 said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount not exceeding ten pounds in any part of Our United Kingdom.”.

3. This Proclamation shall come into force on the eleventh day of July Two Thousand and twenty-four.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this tenth day of July in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-four and in the second year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING