Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8) (Cth)

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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

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 coin   2

4  Application of Determination   2

Schedule 13

Part 1                    Specifications of coins   3

Part 2                    Explanation of symbols   4

  1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8).

  1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

  1. Specification of coin

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 normal weight in ounces or kilograms 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 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R257
102 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R258
103 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R259
104 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R260
105 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R261
106 $2 (2 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 62.770 ± 0.500 50.30 4.50 S1 E2 O1 R262
107 $30 (1 kg) Not less than 99.9% silver 1002.502 ± 1.500 101.00 14.60 S1 E2 O1 R263

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 Milled
203 Edge E2 8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain
204 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’ or ‘DOLLARS’, as the case requires;

that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
205 Reverse R257

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Massachusetts.
206 Reverse R258

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Maryland.
207 Reverse R259

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of South Carolina.
208 Reverse R260

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of New Hampshire.
209 Reverse R261

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Virginia.
210 Reverse R262

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      5 individual circular privy marks, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.
211 Reverse R263

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 KILO 999 SILVER’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c)      a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)      5 individual circular privy marks in gold, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.
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