Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997

I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 18 April 1997.

C.R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

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Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on 21 April 1997.

Specifications of a coin

3.   This Determination specifies, in relation to a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the dimensions and the designs respectively set out in columns 3, 4 and 5 of that Part.

Application of Determination

4.   This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

SCHEDULE  Clause 3

PART 1—SPECIFICATIONS OF A COIN

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4		Column 5
Denom‑ ination	Standard composition	Standard weight	Dimensions		Design
and allowable variation (g)	(1) Diameter (mm)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
$1	Not less 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.50	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O1	R38

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
Shape	S1	Circular
Edge	E1	Milled
Obverse	O1	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:    (a)     the inscriptions:    (i)     “ELIZABETH II”; and    (ii)     “AUSTRALIA”; and    (b)     an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word “DOLLAR”; that, in turn, surround an effigy of the Queen.
Reverse	R38	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:    (a)     “THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1OZ. 999 SILVER”; and    (b)     “1997”; that, in turn, surround:    (c)     a representation of a kookaburra and young in the hollow of a tree; and    (d)     a smaller circle enclosing, in gold cameo, a representation of the design of the reverse of the Japanese 1871 gold 20 yen coin.