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Legislation Title FALKLAND ISLANDS _____________ Coinage Order 1998 (S. R. & O. No. 35 of 1998) 1 FALKLAND ISLANDS _____________ Coinage Order 1998 Made: 30 June 1998 Published: 6 July 1998 Coming into force: as provided in article 1 IN EXERCISE of my powers under section 22 of the Currency Ordinance 1987i, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I make the following Order 1. Citation and commencement This Order may be cited as the Coinage Order 1998 and shall be deemed to have come into force as follows (a) in respect of the One Pound, Fifty Pence (old), Twenty pence, Ten Pence (old), Five Pence (old), Two Pence (old) and One Pence (old) coins, 31st January 1990; (b) in respect of the One Pence coin (new), 1st June 1997; and (c) in respect of the Fifty Pence (new), Ten Pence (new), Five Pence (new) and Two Pence (new) coins, 1st June 1998. 2. Authorisation of coins (1) Subject to paragraph (3), there is hereby authorised the minting and issue of the coins described and specified, either directly in the Schedule to this Order or by reference to Proclamations mentioned in the Schedule to this Order. (2) The Schedule to this Order shall have effect so as to specify the denomination, diameter, weight, composition, shape and edge of the coins and the permissible remedy in respect of each of them. (3) This Order does not have effect so as to authorise the minting after 31st May 1998 of any further Fifty Pence (old), Ten pence (old), Five Pence (old), Two Pence (old) or One Pence (old) coins. 2 (4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary specified by the Schedule to this Order by relation to any Proclamation referred to therein, every coin minted under the authority of this Order may bear on its reverse a year other than that provided for by the relevant Proclamation. 3. Coins to be current All of the coins to which the Schedule to this Order relates shall be current within the Falkland Islands. SCHEDULE Part I Existing coins The One Pound coin 1. The specifications of standard weight, diameter and composition and remedy allowable set out in paragraph 2 of, and the design specified in paragraph 6 of, the Proclamation of Her Majesty of 16th December 1986 in relation to the One Pound coin thereby authorised shall have effect in relation to the One Pound coin authorised by this Order. The Fifty Pence coin (old) 2. The specifications of standard weight, diameter, composition, shape and remedy allowable set out in paragraph 2 of, and the design specified in paragraph 3 of, the Proclamation of Her Majesty of 13th February 1980 in relation to the Fifty Pence coin authorised by that Proclamation shall have effect in relation to the Fifty Pence coin (old) authorised by this Order. The Twenty Pence coin 3. The specifications of standard weight, diameter, composition, shape and remedy allowable set out in paragraph 2 of, and the design specified in paragraph 3 of, the Proclamation of Her Majesty dated 24th November 1982 in relation to the Twenty Pence coin authorised by that Proclamation shall have effect in relation to the Twenty Pence coin authorised by this Order and the coin shall have a plain edge. The Ten Pence coin (old), the Five Pence coin (old), the Two Pence coin (old) and the One Pence coin (old) 4. The specifications of design set out in paragraph 3 of Her Majesty’s Proclamation of 18th December 1974 in relation to the Ten New Pence, the Five New Pence, the Two New Pence and One New Penny coins authorised by that Proclamation shall respectively have effect in relation to the Ten Pence (old), the Five Pence (old), the Two Pence (old) and One Pence (old) coins authorised by this Order. 3 Part II The new coins The Fifty Pence coin (new) 5. The Fifty Pence coin (new) shall have the same design as the Fifty Pence coin (old) but shall have a standard weight of 8 grams, a standard diameter of 27.3 millimetres, a standard composition of seventy-five parts copper and twenty-five parts nickel and in shape be an equilateral curve heptagon, with a plain edge and in the making thereof a remedy of an amount not exceeding the following shall be allowed (a) a variation from the standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin) of 0.045 grams; (b) a variation from the standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and (c) a variation from the standard composition of two per centum copper and two per centum nickel, and the coin may contain impurities of 0.75 of one per centum. The Ten Pence coin (new) 6. The Ten Pence coin (new) shall have the same design as the Ten Pence Coin (old) but shall have a standard diameter of 24.50 millimetres, a standard weight of 6.50 grams, a standard composition of seventy-five parts copper and twenty-five parts nickel, be circular in shape, with a milled edge, and in the making thereof a remedy of amounts not exceeding the following shall be allowed (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 kilogram of the coin) of 0.045 grams; (b) a variation from the standard diameter of 0.125 millimetre per coin; and (c) a variation of the said standard composition of two per centum copper and two per centum nickel, and the coin may contain impurities of 0.75 of one per centum. The Five Pence Coin (new) 7. The Five Pence coin (new) shall have the same design as the Five Pence coin (old) but shall have a standard diameter of 18.00 millimetres, a standard weight of 3.25 grams, a standard composition of seventy five parts copper and twenty-five parts nickel, be circular in shape with a milled edge, and in the making thereof a remedy of amounts not exceeding the following shall be allowed (a) a variation from the standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin) of 0.03 grams; (b) a variation from the standard diameter of 0.125 millimetre per coin; and 4 (c) a variation from the standard composition of two per centum copper and two per centum nickel, and the coin may contain impurities of 0.75 of one per centum The Two Pence coin (new) 8. The Two Pence coin (new) shall be of the same design as the Two Pence coin (old), have a standard weight of 7.128 grams, have a standard diameter of 25.91 millimetres, shall be of mild steel coated with copper and of a standard composition of ninety-three per centum mild steel and seven per centum copper and be circular in shape with a plain edge and in the making thereof a remedy of amounts not exceeding the following shall be allowed (a) a variation from the standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as an average of a sample of not less than 100 coins but not more than one kilogram of the coin) of 0.2 grams; (b) a variation from the standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and (c) a variation from the standard composition of an amount per coin (measured as a sample of not less than 100 coins but not more than one kilogram of the coin) of three per centum of the coin as mild steel and three per centum of the coin as copper, and impurities may be present in the copper coating to the mild steel in an amount not exceeding 0.5 of one per centum of the copper coating (and, in respect of any such coin, any such impurities shall be treated as copper for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph). The One Penny coin (new) 9. The One Penny coin (new) shall be of the same design as the One Penny coin (old) have a standard weight of 3.564 grams, have a standard diameter of 20.32 millimetres, shall be of mild steel coated with copper and of a standard composition of ninety-one per centum mild steel and nine per centum copper and be circular in shape with a plain edge and in the making thereof a remedy of amounts not exceeding the following shall be allowed (a) a variation from the standard weight of an amount per coin (measured as an average of a sample of not less than 100 coins but not more than one kilogram of the coin) of 0.1 grams; (b) a variation from the standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and (c) a variation from the standard composition of an amount per coin (measured as a sample of not less than 100 coins but not more than one kilogram of the coin) of four per centum of the coin as mild steel and four per centum of the coin as copper, and impurities may be present in the copper coating to the mild steel in an amount not exceeding 0.5 of one per centum of the copper coating (and, in respect of any such coin, any such impurities shall be treated as copper for the purpose of sub-paragraph (c) of this paragraph). i No. 14 of 1987 5 .
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