Currency Determination No. 4 of 1997 (Cth)

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Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 4 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 28 July 1997.

C.R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

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Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 4 of 1997.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on 29 September 1997.

Specifications of coins

3.   This Determination specifies, for a coin of a kind having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2, respectively, in Part 1 of the Schedule, and a design specified in column 5 of that Part:

(a)    the standard weight, and allowable variation from that weight, specified for a coin of that kind in column 3 of that Part; and

(b)    the dimensions specified for a coin of that kind in column 4 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 COINS

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

       $5

Copper, zinc, aluminium and tin

 20.00 ± 0.50       38.90         2.65 S1 E1 O3 R44

       $5

Copper, zinc, aluminium and tin

 20.00 ± 0.50       38.90         2.65 S1 E1 O3 R45

       $5

 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.50       40.60         4.00 S1 E5 O4 R46

       $5

 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.50       40.60         4.00 S1 E5 O4 R47

   $100

 99.99% gold 10.021 ± 0.020       25.10         2.40 S1 E1 O4 R48

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature Symbol Explanation
Shape S1

Circular
Edge

E1

Milled
Edge

E5

Plain edge with 2 of the inscription “GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD” evenly spaced around the edge to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.
Obverse O3

An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by the inscriptions:

   (a)     “ELIZABETH II”; and

   (b)     “AUSTRALIA 2000”.
Obverse O4

An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by:

   (a)     the inscriptions:

   (i)     “ELIZABETH II”; and

   (ii)     “AUSTRALIA 2000”; and

   (b)     an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word “DOLLARS”.

Design Feature

 Symbol Explanation
Reverse R44

A representation of a female hockey player superimposed on a representation of Olympic flames, surrounded by:

   (a)     the inscriptions:

   (i)     “Sydney 2000”; and

   (ii)     “5 DOLLARS”; and

   (b)     a representation of the Olympic rings.
Reverse R45

A representation of a male weight lifter performing the “clean and jerk” weight‑lifting action superimposed on a representation of Olympic flames, surrounded by:

   (a)     the inscriptions:

   (i)     “Sydney 2000”; and

   (ii)     “5 DOLLARS”; and

   (b)     a representation of the Olympic rings.
Reverse R46

The following inscriptions in 2 separate circles immediately inside the rim:

   (a)     “CELEBRATING THE UNIQUE ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH AND FLORA OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SPIRIT OF THE GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD.”; and

   (b)     “COMMEMORATING THE OLYMPIC GAMES OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM IN SYDNEY IN THE YEAR 2000 A.D.”;

surrounding:

   (c)     a representation of 19 Australian grass trees (xanthorrhoea australis); and

   (d)     a representation of a female kangaroo with a joey in her pouch; and

   (e)     a smaller shape enclosing:

   (i)     the inscription “Sydney 2000”; and

   (ii)     a representation of the Olympic rings printed in Olympic colours.
Reverse R47

Representations of a component of the Sydney 2000 Olympic logo arranged in a circle immediately inside the rim surrounding:

   (a)     representations of reef fish, sting‑rays, sharks, crocodiles, sea snakes and turtles in “swimming‑dreaming”; and

   (b)     a representation of “two people dreaming”; and

   (c)     a smaller shape enclosing:

   (i)     the inscription “Sydney 2000”; and

   (ii)     a representation of the Olympic rings printed in Olympic colours.
Reverse R48

Representations of the Olympic flame and torches arranged in a circle immediately inside the rim surrounding a representation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic logo printed in Olympic colours.

[NOTE:  E2 and O1 are referred to in Currency Determination No. 6 of 1996 and E3, E4 and O2 are referred to in Currency Determination No. 7 of 1996.]

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