Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 9) Determination 2023 (Cth)

Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 9) Determination 2023

I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.

Dated   2 November     2023

Dr Andrew Leigh

Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1  Name........................................................................................................................................ 1

2  Commencement........................................................................................................................ 1

3  Authority.................................................................................................................................. 1

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

Schedule 1—Amendments  2

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019   2

1  Name

This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 9) Determination 2023.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019

1 Schedule 2023, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)

Add:

151	$10	At least 99.99% gold	3.11 + 0.10	17.75	1.70	S1	E1	O10	R121	03/11/2023
152	$1	At least 99.9% silver	11.66 ± 0.30	25.20	3.25	S1	E3	O10	R121	03/11/2023
153	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R121	03/11/2023
154	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R122	03/11/2023
155	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R123	03/11/2023
156	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R124	03/11/2023
157	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R125	03/11/2023
158	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R126	03/11/2023
159	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R127	03/11/2023
160	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R128	03/11/2023
161	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R129	03/11/2023
162	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R130	03/11/2023
163	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R131	03/11/2023
164	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R132	03/11/2023
165	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.66	25.20	3.46	S1	E3	O10	R133	03/11/2023

2 Schedule 2023, Part 1, clause 3 (after item 28)

Insert:

29 Obverse O10 A design consisting of an effigy of King Charles III and the following: (a) “CHARLES III”; and (b) “AUSTRALIA”; and (c) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year; and (d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and (e) “DT”.

3 Schedule 2023, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)

Add:

220	Reverse	R121	A design consisting of: (a) a central circle enclosing the following: (i) a stylised representation of part of the planet Earth viewed from space, incorporating an outline of Australia (exaggerated in size); and (ii) a stylised representation of the moon; and (iii) a stylised representation of a rocket representing Australia’s first satellite being launched; and (iv) in the foreground and partially extending beyond the central circle, a representation of an astronaut in a spacesuit with a cord running from the Earth to the astronaut; and (v) partially obscured by the astronaut, a depiction of the planet Jupiter; and (vi) in the background, lines radiating from the Earth with stylised representations of stars and other celestial bodies at the ends of the lines, representing the field of astronomy; and (vii) the letter “C”; and (b) surrounding that central circle, a segmented banner containing the following: (i) “OUT OF THIS WORLD”; and (ii) “AUSTRALIA IN SPACE”; and (c) immediately inside the rim of the coin, another segmented banner containing the following: (i) “ROVERS”; and (ii) “TECHNOLOGY”; and (iii) “ROCKETS”; and (iv) “ASTRONAUTS”; and (v) “SATELLITES”; and (vi) “COMMUNICATIONS”; and (vii) “GPS”; and (viii) “ASTRONOMY”; and (ix) “EXPLORATION”; and (x) “DISCOVERY”; and (d) a stylised representation of the letters “EW”.
221	Reverse	R122	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “S” enclosed in a square; and
222	Reverse	R123	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “M” enclosed in a square; and
223	Reverse	R124	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “B” enclosed in a square; and
224	Reverse	R125	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) a stylised representation of an envelope; and
225	Reverse	R126	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii).
226	Reverse	R127	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “S” enclosed in a circle; and
227	Reverse	R128	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “B” enclosed in a circle; and
228	Reverse	R129	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “M” enclosed in a circle; and
229	Reverse	R130	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “A” enclosed in a circle; and
230	Reverse	R131	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “P” enclosed in a circle; and
231	Reverse	R132	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) a stylised representation of a map of Australia enclosed in a circle; and
232	Reverse	R133	The same as for item 220, except omit subparagraph (a)(vii) and substitute: (vii) the letter “C” enclosed in a circle; and