1.  This Order may be cited as the Forgery and Counterfeiting (Protected Coins) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 27th October 1981.

2.  The coins listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified for the purposes of Part II of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.

J.A. Cope

Tony Newton

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

21st October 1981