§ The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Gordon Brown)Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve my recommendation that the following coins should be issued in 2005 and 2006
a gold half-sovereign, sovereign, double-sovereign and five pounds in 2005 bearing a new reverse design;a crown piece to celebrate the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty the Queen in 2006;a pair of two-pound coins to mark the 200th anniversary in 2006 of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel; anda series of three fifty-pence pieces to commemorate the 150th anniversary in 2006 of the institution of the Victoria Cross.Collector versions of all these coins will he released at a premium above face value. In the case of the crown, the two-pound coins and the fifty pence pieces, during the course of 2006, versions will also become available at face value from banks and post offices.