Whereas under section 3(1)(b) and (h) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to determine the design of coins to be made at Our Mint, and to alter any Proclamation previously made under the said section:

And Whereas by the Proclamations of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II dated the sixteenth day of March, the eleventh day of May and the nineteenth day of July 2022 it was determined, among other matters, the design of coins of the denominations of five hundred pounds, two hundred pounds, one hundred pounds and twenty-five pounds in gold, of ten pounds, five pounds and two pounds in standard silver, of ten pounds in silver piedfort, of one hundred pounds in platinum, and of five pounds in cupro-nickel:

And Whereas it appears to Us desirable to determine a new design for the said gold, standard silver, silver piedfort, platinum and cupro-nickel coins:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(b) 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 1(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the sixteenth day of March 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 10 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS”’.

2. In paragraph 2(6) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the sixteenth day of March 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 100 POUNDS”’.

3. In paragraph 1(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 200 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 200 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

4. In paragraph 2(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

5. In paragraph 3(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 25 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 25 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

6. In paragraph 4(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

7. In paragraph 5(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

8. In paragraph 6(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the eleventh day of May 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 5 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

9. In paragraph 2(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 500 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 500 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

10. In paragraph 3(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 200 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 200 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

11. In paragraph 4(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 100 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

12. In paragraph 5(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 25 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 25 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

13. In paragraph 7(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 10 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

14. In paragraph 8(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

15. In paragraph 9(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 2 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 2 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

16. In paragraph 10(4) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · F · D · 10 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

17. In paragraph 11(5) of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s said Proclamation of the nineteenth day of July 2022, for ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· ELIZABETH II · D · G · REG · FID · DEF · 5 POUNDS”’ there shall be substituted ‘Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 5 POUNDS ·” and the date of the year’.

18. This Proclamation shall come into force on the fifteenth day of December Two thousand and twenty-two.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this fourteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-two and in the first year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING