Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 4) (Cth)

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 4)

I, Steven Ciobo, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make the following determination.

Dated: 17 September 2014

Steven Ciobo

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Specification of denominations and standard compositions........................................... 1

6............ Standard weight, design and dimension of coins........................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimension of coins  2

Part 1—Specifications of coins  2

1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 2

Part 2—Explanation of symbols  3

2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 3

1  Name

This is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 4).

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Currency Act 1965.

5  Specification of denominations and standard compositions

(1) This section is made for paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.

(2)  The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this determination commences, as if:

(a)  there were included in the Schedule to the Act the references to denominations of money specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination; and

(b)  there were specified in the Schedule to the Act opposite to each such denomination, as the standard composition of coins of that denomination, the standard composition specified for the denomination in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination.

(3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.

6  Standard weight, design and dimension of coins

(1) This section is made for subsection 13A(1) of the Act.

(2)  On and after the day on which this determination commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of the coin whose denomination and standard composition is specified in that item.

(3)  Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this determination explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for subsection 13A(1) of the Act.

Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimension of coins

Note:       See sections 5 and 6.

Part 1—Specifications of coins

1  Specifications

Each item of the following table specifies the standard composition, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin.

Specifications of coins
Item	Denomination	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	Maximum diameter (mm) or other dimension	Maximum thickness (mm)	Shape	Edge	Obverse	Reverse
1	50c	At least 99.9% silver	16.091 ± 0.500	32.60	3.10	S1	E1	O1	R1

Part 2—Explanation of symbols

1. Symbols used in Part 1

Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Part 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.

Explanation of symbols used in Part 1
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
1	Shape	S1	Circular
2	Edge	E1	Continuously milled
3	Obverse	O1	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2014”; (d) “50 CENTS”; (e) “1/2oz 999 SILVER”; (f) “IRB”.
4	Reverse	R1	A design, in a proof finish, consisting of: (a) an interrupted half circle which partly encloses a representation of 2 ships surrounded by water and a coloured landscape featuring a hilly terrain and a body of water; and (b) a coloured representation of a poppy; and (c) the following: (i) “FIRST CONVOY”; (ii) “ALBANY W.A.”; (iii) “100TH”; (iv) “ANNIVERSARY”; (v) “NOVEMBER 1914”; (vi) “WR”; (vii) “P”; and (d) a pattern consisting of several wavy lines, with a wavy line above and below each of the following lines of text: (i) “HMAT A1 HYMETTUS; HMAT A2 GEELONG; HMAT A3 ORVIETO; HMAT A4 PERA; HMAT A5”; (ii) “OMRAH; HMAT A6 CLAN MACCORQUODALE; HMAT A8 ARGYLLSHIRE; HMAT A9”; (iii) “SHROPSHIRE; HMAT A10 KARROO; HMAT A12 SALDANHA; HMAT A13 KATUNA; HMAT”; (iv) “A14 EURIPIDES; HMAT A15 STAR OF ENGLAND; HMAT A16 STAR OF VICTORIA; HMAT A17”; (v) “PORT LINCOLN; HMAT A18 WILTSHIRE; HMAT A19 AFRIC; HMAT A20 HORORATA; HMAT”; (vi) “A21 MARERE; HMAT A22 RANGATIRA; HMAT A23 SUFFOLK; HMAT A24 BENALLA;”; (vii) “HMAT A25 ANGLO‑EGYPTIAN; HMAT A26 ARMADALE; HMAT A27 SOUTHERN;”; (viii) “HMAT A28 MILTIADES; HMNZT 3 MAUNGANUI; HMNZT 4 TAHITI; HMNZT 5”; (ix) “RUAPEHU; HMNZT 6 ORARI; HMNZT 7 LIMERICK; HMNZT 8 STAR OF”; (x) “INDIA; HMNZT 9 HAWKES BAY; HMNZT 10 ARAWA; HMNZT 11”; (xi) “ATHENIC; HMNZT 12 WAIMANA; HMS MINOTAUR;”; (xii) “HMAS SYDNEY; HMAS MELBOURNE”.