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)(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 denomination of five pounds in gold, in standard silver, in silver piedfort, and in cupro-nickel:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (c), (cc), (cd), (d), (dd) 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 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) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

(3) 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 · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS”, and for the reverse either:

(a) a depiction of a cross set against a background of the British Isles and a series of lines symbolising the globe accompanied by the inscription “· 1870 · BRITISH RED CROSS · 2020 ·” and “THE POWER OF KINDNESS”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “PER HUMANITATEM AD PACEM”; or

(b) the words “WAR” and “PEACE” accompanied by the inscription “· THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR ·” and the dates “1945 · 2020”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “THROUGH COURAGE AND ENDURANCE”.’

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 0.424 grammes;

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

(c) 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 cross set against a background of the British Isles and a series of lines symbolising the globe accompanied by the inscription “· 1870 · BRITISH RED CROSS · 2020 ·” and “THE POWER OF KINDNESS”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “PER HUMANITATEM AD PACEM”; or

(b) the words “WAR” and “PEACE” accompanied by the inscription “· THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR ·” and the dates “1945 · 2020”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “THROUGH COURAGE AND ENDURANCE”.’

(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.

(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 0.215 grammes;

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

(c) 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 cross set against a background of the British Isles and a series of lines symbolising the globe accompanied by the inscription “· 1870 · BRITISH RED CROSS · 2020 ·” and “THE POWER OF KINDNESS”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “PER HUMANITATEM AD PACEM”; or

(b) the words “WAR” and “PEACE” accompanied by the inscription “· THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR ·” and the dates “1945 · 2020”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “THROUGH COURAGE AND ENDURANCE”.’

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

FIVE POUND CUPRO-NICKEL COIN

4. (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

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

(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 · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS”, and for the reverse either:

(a) a depiction of a cross set against a background of the British Isles and a series of lines symbolising the globe accompanied by the inscription “· 1870 · BRITISH RED CROSS · 2020 ·” and “THE POWER OF KINDNESS”; or

(b) the words “WAR” and “PEACE” accompanied by the inscription “· THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR ·” and the dates “1945 · 2020”.

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.

5. This Proclamation shall come into force on the twenty-first day of May Two thousand and twenty.

Given at Our Court at Windsor Castle, this twentieth day of May in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty and in the sixty-ninth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN