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)(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, to mark the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, there should be made at Our Mint a coin of the denomination of five pounds in gold, in silver and in cupro-nickel:

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

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 38.608 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a variation from the said standard diameter of not more than 0.125 millimetres per coin shall be allowed.

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 28.276 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608 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, diameter or composition 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 (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.13 grammes;
• b a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and
• c a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine silver.

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

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 56.552 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608 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, diameter or composition 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 (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.215 grammes;
• b a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and
• c a variation from the said standard composition of five parts per thousand fine silver.

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

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 28.276 grammes, a standard diameter of 38.608 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, diameter or composition 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 (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogramme of the coin) of 0.13 grammes;
• b a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and
• c a variation from the said standard composition of two per centum copper and two per centum nickel.

(3) The said cupro-nickel coin may contain impurities of three-quarters of one per centum.

(4) The said cupro-nickel coin shall be legal tender for the payment of any amount in any part of Our United Kingdom.

DESIGN OF THE COINS

• 5 The design of the said coins shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · ” and the denomination “FIVE POUNDS”, and for the reverse a depiction of two swimmers as faceted figures, accompanied by the number “3”, with a section of a clock-face to the right and the London 2012 logo to the left. On the gold and silver coins the London 2012 logo will be printed onto the surface in coloured ink, while on the cupro-nickel coin the logo will be struck into the surface. The reverse design is surrounded by a plan view of the main Olympic Stadium, incorporating the date “2009” on the right-hand side, with the word “COUNTDOWN” above and the inscription “XXX OLYMPIAD” below. The said coins will have a graining upon the edge’.

• 6 This Proclamation shall come into force on the nineteenth day of March Two thousand and nine.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord Two thousand and nine and in the fifty-eighth year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN