Proclamations

2007-07-26Coinage Act 1971TSO (The Stationery Office), St Crispins, Duke Street, Norwich, NR3 1PD, 01603 622211, customer.services@tso.co.uk58403309552309552

BY THE QUEEN

A PROCLAMATION

DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNS FOR A SERIES OF PLATINUM COINS

ELIZABETH R.

Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (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 composition of coins other than gold coins or coins of silver of Our Maundy money and the remedy to be allowed in making such coins and to determine the percentage of 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 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 series of coins in platinum:

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

THE ONE POUND COIN

1. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of one pound shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 19.59 grammes, a standard diameter of 22.5 millimetres, 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:

(i) a variation from the said standard weight of amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.205 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse the Ensigns Armorial of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and beneath the same the words “ONE POUND”. The coin shall have a plain edge and in incuse letters the inscription “DECUS ET TUTAMEN”’.

THE FIFTY PENCE COIN

2. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of fifty pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 19.097 grammes, a standard diameter of 27.3 millimetres, and being in the shape of an equilateral curve heptagon.

(k) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.162 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a figure of Britannia, seated beside a lion, with a shield resting against her right side, holding a trident in her right hand and an olive branch in her left hand; and the figure “50” together with the words “FIFTY PENCE”. The coin shall have a plain edge’.

THE TWENTY PENCE COIN

3. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of twenty pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 12.012 grammes, a standard diameter of 21.4 millimetres, and being in the shape of an equilateral curve heptagon.

(m) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.102 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH II” above and “D ∙ G ∙ REG ∙ F ∙ D” below, and for the reverse the Royal Badge of the Rose of England represented as a double rose barbed and seeded, slipped and leaved and ensigned by a Royal Crown and the date of the year with the words “TWENTY PENCE” above and the figure “20” superimposed on the stem of the rose. The coin shall have a plain edge’.

THE TEN PENCE COIN

4. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of ten pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 15.597 grammes, a standard diameter of 24.5 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(o) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.133 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a lion passant guardant royally crowned, being part of the Crest of England, the figure “10” and the words “TEN PENCE”. The coin shall have a graining upon the edge’.

THE FIVE PENCE COIN

5. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of five pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 7.798 grammes, a standard diameter of 18 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(q) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.066 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a thistle royally crowned, being the Badge of Scotland, the figure “5” and the words “FIVE PENCE”. The coin shall have a graining upon the edge’.

THE TWO PENCE COIN

6. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of two pence shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 17.2 grammes, a standard and diameter of 25.91 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(s) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.146 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse the Badge of the Prince of Wales, being three ostrich feathers enfiling a coronet of crosses pattee and fleurs de lys with the motto “ICH DIEN”, the figure “2” and the words “TWO PENCE”. The coin shall have a plain edge’.

THE ONE PENNY COIN

7. (1) A new coin of platinum of the denomination of one penny shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 8.6 grammes, a standard diameter of 20.32 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(u) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.073 grammes; and

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

(3) The said platinum coin may contain impurities of three-tenths of one per centum.

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

(5) The composition of the standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of the said platinum coin shall be pure platinum.

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

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH ∙ II ∙ D ∙ G REG ∙ F ∙ D ∙ ” and the date of the year, and for the reverse a portcullis with chains royally crowned, being the Badge of King Henry VII and his successors, the figure “1” and the words “ONE PENNY”. The coin shall have a plain edge’.

8. This Proclamation shall come into force in the twenty-sixth day of July Two thousand and seven.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twenty-fifth day of July in the year of our Lord Two thousand and seven and in the fifty-sixth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN