Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (cd), (d), (f) 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 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 impurities which such coins may contain:

And Whereas under section 3(1)(f) and (ff) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to direct that any coins made at Our Mint other than gold, silver, cupro-nickel and bronze coins shall be current and that any coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount:

And Whereas under section 6(2) of the Coinage Act 1971 We have power, with the advice of Our Privy Council, by Proclamation to prescribe the composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of coins of any metal other than gold, silver or cupro-nickel:

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 two pounds, sovereign, half-sovereign and quarter sovereign in platinum:

We, therefore, in pursuance of the said section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (cd), (d), (dd), (f) and (ff), the said section 6(2), 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:

TWO POUND PLATINUM COIN

1. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of two pound shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 15.98 grammes, a standard diameter of 28.4 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999.5 parts per thousand platinum, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said platinum 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 0.071 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 composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(5) The design of the said platinum coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF” and for the reverse a depiction of St George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking a dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year. The coin shall have a plain or grained edge.’

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

SOVEREIGN PLATINUM COIN

2. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of a sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 7.99 grammes, a standard diameter of 22.05 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999.5 parts per thousand platinum, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said platinum 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 0.047 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 composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(5) The design of the said platinum coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF” and for the reverse a depiction of St George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking a dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year. The coin shall have a plain or grained edge.’

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

HALF-SOVEREIGN PLATINUM COIN

3. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of a sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 3.99 grammes, a standard diameter of 19.30 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999.5 parts per thousand platinum, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said platinum 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 0.035 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 composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(5) The design of the said gold coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF” and for the reverse a depiction of St George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking a dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year. The coin shall have a plain or grained edge.’

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

QUARTER-SOVEREIGN PLATINUM COIN

4. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of a sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 2grammes, a standard diameter of 13.5 millimetres, a standard composition of not less than 999.5 parts per thousand platinum, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said platinum 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 0.018 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 composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

(5) The design of the said platinum coin shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF” and for the reverse a depiction of St George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking a dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year. The coin shall have a plain or grained edge.’

(6) The said platinum 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 fourth day of June Two thousand and twenty-six.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this third day of June in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-six and in the fourth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING