Publication Date: Thursday, 13 October 2011
Notice Code: 1101
BY THE QUEEN
A PROCLAMATION
DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGNS FOR FIVE-POUND COINS COMMEMORATING THE LONDON 2012 PARALYMPIC GAMES
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)(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 London 2012 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. 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.
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 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, 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 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, 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 two per centum copper and two per centum nickel; and
(c) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin.
(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 FIVE POUNDS ∙ 2012”, and
for the reverse a design showing segments of a target, a spoked wheel, a stopwatch and the clockface of the Palace of Westminster.
The inscription “LONDON 2012” appears on the target and the London 2012 Paralympic logo appears on the stopwatch. On the gold
and silver coins the London 2012 Paralympic 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 coins will have a graining upon the edge’.
6. This Proclamation shall come into force on the thirteenth day of October Two thousand and eleven.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord Two thousand and eleven and in
the sixtieth year of Our Reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
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