Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (c) 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 fineness of certain gold coins, the remedy to be allowed in the making of such coins and their least current weight:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to order that, to illustrate the theme of ‘Stronger’ from the Olympic motto ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger’, there should be made at Our Mint coins of the denominations of one hundred pounds and twenty-five pounds in gold:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (c) 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:

ONE HUNDRED POUND COIN

1. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of one hundred pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 34.05 grammes, a standard diameter of 32.69 millimetres, a millesimal fineness of 916.66, 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 fineness 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 0.081 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said millesimal fineness of one per mille.

(3) The least current weight of the said gold coin shall be 33.835 grammes.

(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 ∙ 2012” and the value of “ · 100 · POUNDS · ”, and for the reverse an image of Mars accompanied by a depiction of the sport of boxing, with the Olympic Rings above, the name ‘∙ MARS ∙’ to the left, the Latin word for stronger, ‘∙ FORTIUS ∙’, to the right, and the inscription ‘LONDON 2012’ below. The coin shall have a graining upon the edge’.

TWENTY-FIVE POUND COIN

2. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of twenty-five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 8.513 grammes, a standard diameter of 22 millimetres, a millesimal fineness of 916.66, 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 fineness 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 0.02 grammes; and

(b) a variation from the said millesimal fineness of one per mille.

(3) The least current weight of the said gold coin shall be 8.459 grammes.

(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 ∙ 2012” and the value of “ · 25 · POUNDS · ”, and for the reverse either:

(a) an image of Vulcan accompanied by a depiction of the sport of hammer throwing, with the Olympic Rings above, the name ‘∙ VULCAN ∙’ to the left, the Latin word for stronger, ‘∙ FORTIUS ∙’, to the right, and the inscription ‘LONDON 2012’ below; or

(b) an image of Minerva accompanied by a depiction of the sport of javelin throwing, with the Olympic Rings above, the name ‘∙ MINERVA ∙’ to the left, the Latin word for stronger, ‘∙ FORTIUS ∙’, to the right, and the inscription ‘LONDON 2012’ below.

The coin shall have a graining upon the edge’.

3. This Proclamation shall come into force on the thirteenth day of October Two thousand and eleven.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord Two thousand and eleven and in the sixtieth year of Our Reign.