Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6) (Cth)

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 10 October 2000

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Contents

Page

1  Name of Determination   2

2  Commencement   2

3  Specification of coins   2

4  Application of Determination   2

Schedule 12

Part 1                    Specifications of coins   2

Part 2                    Explanation of Symbols   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Specification of coins

This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

1. Application of Determination

The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1             

(section 3)

Part 1          Specifications of coins

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5		Column 6
Item	Denomination (and, where relevant, nominal weight in ounces)	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	Dimensions		Design
(1) Diameter (mm)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
101	$1 (1oz)	Not less than 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.50	4.00	S1	E1	O1	R254
102	$20	Bi-metallic: (a)   centre piece –99.9% silver (b)   surround – 99.99% gold	14.53 ± 0.500	32.00	2.80	S1	E1	O26	R255

Part 2          Explanation of Symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E1	Continuously milled
203	Obverse	O1	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a)      ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b)      ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (c)      ‘1 DOLLAR’; that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
204	Obverse	O26	A silver disc bearing an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by a gold annulus bearing the inscriptions: (a)      ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b)      ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (c)      ‘20 DOLLARS’.
205	Reverse	R254	A silver disc bearing: (a)      the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA 2001 1oz. 999 SILVER’; and (b)      a circular design comprising a series of Egyptian symbols, deities and hieroglyphs, surrounding, and partially superimposed on:             (i)   a depiction of a satellite view of the earth, pad printed in colour; and            (ii)   a representation of the sun, depicted as a gold insert; and (c)     as a mint mark, the letter ‘P’.
206	Reverse	R255	A gold annulus bearing a circle of raised beads and the inscriptions ‘GREGORIAN’ and ‘MILLENNIUM 2001’, surrounding a silver disc bearing: (a)      a chronograph superimposed on a design composed of an observatory and the night sky, pad printed in colour, surrounded by 3 depictions of the earth in rotation; and (b)      as a mint mark, the letter ‘P’.