Whereas under section 3(1)(a), (b), (cc), (cd), and (d) 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 provide the manner of measurement of the variation from the standard weight of coins:

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 commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of Our Coronation, there should be made at Our Mint coins of the denomination of five pounds in gold and in silver:

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

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, composition or dimensions 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 0.13 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 coins.

(4) 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, composition or dimensions 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 coins.

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

DESIGNS OF THE COINS

4. The design of the said coins shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression either:

(a) Our effigy used on circulating coins between 1953 and 1967 with the inscription “ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F · D · FIVE POUNDS ”;

(b) Our effigy used on circulating coins between 1968 and 1984 with the inscription “· ELIZABETH · II · D : G : REG : F : D : FIVE POUNDS · ”;

(c) Our effigy used on circulating coins between 1985 and 1997 with the inscription “· ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA · F · D · FIVE POUNDS ·”; or

(d) Our effigy used on circulating coins between 1998 to date with the inscription “ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D FIVE POUNDS ”;

and for the reverse design a depiction of Our Royal Arms with the date “2013” below. The coin will have a plain edge.

5. This Proclamation shall come into force on the thirteenth day of February Two thousand and thirteen.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twelfth day of February in the year of our Lord Two thousand and thirteen and in the sixty-second year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN