Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1)

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

Dated 20 April 2001

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 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 2001 (No. 1).

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 or kilograms)	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	Dimensions		Design
				(1) Diameter (mm)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(6) Reverse
101	$20	Bi-metallic: (a)    centre piece – 99.99% gold (b)   surround – 99.9% silver	13.40 ± 0.500	32.10	1.80	S1	E1	O23	R264
102	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.50	4.00	S1	E1	O23	R265
103	$5	Mixture of: (a)    5% aluminium; and (b)   5% zinc; and (c)    1% tin; and (d)   89% copper	20.00	38.74	2.55	S1	E1	O23	R266

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	O23	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:      (a)   the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and            (ii)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’; and     (b)   an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’, ‘DOLLARS’ or ‘CENTS’, as the case requires; that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’.
205	Reverse	R264	A silver annulus bearing the inscription ‘SIR DONALD BRADMAN 1908–2001’, surrounding a gold disc bearing a bust of Sir Donald Bradman wearing a baggy green cap.
206	Reverse	R265	The inscriptions:      (a)   ‘1908  SIR DONALD BRADMAN  2001’; and     (b)   a representation of Sir Donald Bradman in cover drive pose with cricket stumps in the background.
207	Reverse	R266	The inscriptions:      (a)   ‘1908  SIR DONALD BRADMAN  2001’; and     (b)   a representation of Sir Donald Bradman in pull shot pose with cricket stumps in the background.