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SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO THE GIBRALTAR GAZETTE No. 4638 of 15 November, 2019 LEGAL NOTICE NO. 233 OF 2019. GIBRALTAR COINAGE ACT, 1990 ISSUE OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA 200 TH ANNIVERSARY – REIMAGINED PORTRAITS COLLECTION 2019 COINS NOTICE 2019 In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2 of the Gibraltar Coinage Act, 1990, and all other enabling powers, the Minister responsible for finance has issued the following Notice– Title. 1. This Notice may be cited as the Issue of the Queen Victoria 200 th Anniversary – Reimagined Portraits Collection 2019 Coins Notice 2019 Commencement. 2. This Notice comes into operation on the day of publication. Issue of new coins. 3.(1) New coins of cupro-nickel, silver and gold in the denominations of half crown, one crown, quarter, half, one, two and five sovereigns shall be made. (2) In the making of the said coins, the millesimal fineness or composition of metals, diameters, shapes and other specifications shall be as set out in Parts II and VII of the Schedule to the Gibraltar Coinage Act, 1990. (3) In the making of the said coins, a remedy (that is a variation from the standard weight) shall be allowed as set out in the said Parts of the Schedule. Design of the coins. 4. The design of the coins authorised by this Notice shall be as follows– (a) the sovereign coins shall bear on the obverse impression the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the inscription “ELIZABETH II. DEI. GRA. REGINA. GIBRALTAR.” bordering the top edge, date of the year below; GIBRALTAR GAZETTE, No. 4638 of Friday 15 November, 2019 (b) the crown coins shall bear on the obverse impression the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with the inscription “ELIZABETH II. D.G. REGINA. GIBRALTAR.” bordering the edge, date of the year and value below; (c) the crown and quarter sovereign coins shall bear on the reverse impression the effigy of Queen Victoria known as the ‘Young Head’. The inscription bordering the coin reads ‘VICTORIA DEI GRATIA’; (d) the crown and half sovereign coins shall bear on the reverse impression the effigy of Queen Victoria known as the ‘Jubilee Head’. The inscription bordering the coin reads ‘VICTORIA DEI GRATIA’; (e) the crown and sovereign coins shall bear on the reverse impression the effigy of Queen Victoria known as the ‘Veiled Head’. The inscription bordering the coin reads ‘VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF IND. IMP.’; (f) the crown and double sovereign coins shall bear on the reverse impression the effigy of Queen Victoria known as the ‘Gothic Crown’. The inscription bordering the coin reads ‘Victoria dei gratia britanniar reg: f: D’; and (g) the crown and quintuple sovereign coins shall bear on the reverse impression the effigy with Queen Victoria known as the ‘Pattern Penny’. The inscription bordering the coin reads ‘VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT : REG : F : D :’. Legal Tender. 5. The said coins shall be current and legal tender in Gibraltar. Dated 15th November, 2019. F R PICARDO, Minister responsible for finance. 1698 .