Currency Determination No. 7 of 1997 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 7 of 1997

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

Dated 11 November 1997.

C.R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

Citation

1.   This Determination may be cited as the Currency Determination No. 7 of 1997.

Commencement

2.   This Determination commences on 1 January 1998.

Specification of coins

3.   This Determination specifies, for a coin of a kind having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 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 COIN

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4		Column 5
Denomination	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable	Dimensions		Design
variation (g)	(1) Diameter (mm)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
50 cents	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.40	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O5	R54
$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.28	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O5	R55
$1	Not less than 99.9% silver	11.66 ± 0.24	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O5	R55
31.635 ± 0.50	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O5	R56
31.635 ± 0.50	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O5	R57
$5	Copper, aluminium and nickel	28.00 ± 0.80	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O5	R58
$5	Austenitic stainless steel, copper, aluminium and nickel	10.60 ± 0.50	28.12	2.60	S2	E4	O5	R59

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
Shape	S1 S2 S3	Circular Regular 24‑sided polygon Dodecahedral
Edge	E1 E3 E4	Continuous milled 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain Plain

Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
Obverse	O5	An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by the inscriptions:    (a)     “ELIZABETH II”; and    (b)     “AUSTRALIA”; and    (c)     “1998”.
Reverse	R54	An effigy of George Bass and an effigy of Matthew Flinders, superimposed on a representation of the South Eastern sector of the Australian mainland and the island of Tasmania showing the approximate route of their exploration of that sector, with the inscriptions:    (a)     “GEORGE BASS”; and    (b)     “MATTHEW FLINDERS”; and    (c)     “DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT”; and    (d)     “1798 ‑ 1998”; and    (e)     “50”.
Reverse	R55	An effigy of Howard Florey, with the inscriptions:    (a)     “HOWARD FLOREY CENTENARY”; and    (b)     “1 DOLLAR”; and    (c)     “C”, “S”, “M”, “B” or “A”; and    (d)     the monogram “HH”.
Reverse	R56	A representation of a hopping kangaroo surrounded by the inscriptions:    (a)     “C”; and    (b)     “1 OUNCE FINE SILVER”; and    (c)     “ONE DOLLAR”; and    (d)     the monogram “HH”.
Reverse	R57	A representation of New Parliament House, Canberra, above a representation of the reverse of a 1988 $5 coin, with the inscriptions:    (a)     “1988”; and    (b)     “1998”; and    (c)     “ONE DOLLAR”; and    (d)     the monogram “HH”.
Reverse	R58	A representation of a woman operating a pedal radio and, in the background, an aircraft in flight, with the inscriptions:    (a)     “ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR”; and    (b)     “70 YEARS OF SERVICE”; and    (c)     “DOLLARS 5”.

Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
Reverse	R59	A representation of a single‑engined bi‑plane with the crest of the Royal Flying Doctor Service above and the years 1928 and 1998, all enclosed in a circle which is surrounded by the inscriptions:    (a)     “70 YEARS OF THE ROYAL FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE”; and    (b)     “5 DOLLARS”.