Trial of the Pyx been properly minted. Criteria are given for diameter, chemical composition and weight for each class of coinage. Statutory basis for the Trial of the Pyx is given by the Coinage Act 1971, the latest in a long series of similarly named Acts of Parliament. Specific procedures are established by Order in Council, the most recent being the Trial of the Pyx Order 1998, which was amended in 2005, 2012 and 2016. It is "not" required for a new Order to be issued for each Trial: this is mandated (to occur) only with regulatory revision. Trial of the Pyx The Trial
Coins of the Rhodesian pound Commonwealth and the United Nations, as the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) was not recognized as legitimate. In 1966, the 'rebel' Rhodesian Government decided to issue a set of gold coins to commemorate the first anniversary of the UDI. These consisted of three denominations: - ten shillings (bearing a sable antelope on the reverse) (click for reverse image); - one pound - 5000 minted (bearing the "lion and tusk" armorial crest of Rhodesia on the reverse) (click for obverse image) (click for reverse image); and - five pounds - 3000 minted (bearing the arms of Rhodesia on the reverse) (click