Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2015 (No. 2) (Cth)

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2015 (No. 2)

I, Kelly O’Dwyer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make the following determination.

Dated   04 May 2015

Kelly O’Dwyer

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—Specification 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 2015 (No. 2).

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.

5Specification 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 instrument 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 instrument; 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 instrument.

(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 instrument commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument 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 instrument 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—Specification 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	$1	At least 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O1	R1
2	$1	At least 99.99% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O1	R2
3	$25	At least 99.99% gold	7.807 ± 0.030	20.60	2.00	S1	E1	O2	R3
4	$1	At least 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O3	R3
5	$1	Aluminium and bronze	13.500 ± 1.000	30.60	3.10	S1	E1	O4	R3

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 surrounded by a circle, which in turn is surrounded by the following: (a) “· ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA ·”; (c) “1 DOLLAR”; (d) “IRB”
4	Obverse	O2	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2015”; (d) “1/4oz 9999 GOLD”; (e) “25 DOLLARS”; (f) “IRB”
5	Obverse	O3	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2015”; (d) “1oz 999 SILVER”; (e) “1 DOLLAR”; (f) “IRB”
6	Obverse	O4	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “· ELIZABETH II”; (b) “· AUSTRALIA 2015 ·”; (c) “1 DOLLAR”; (d) “IRB”
7	Reverse	R1	A design consisting of a representation of a bounding kangaroo superimposed over a circular pattern of lines and shapes representing sunrays, and the following: (a) “AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO”; (b) “2015 1oz 999 SILVER”; (c) “P”; (d) the micro letter “A”
8	Reverse	R2	A design consisting of a representation of a bounding kangaroo superimposed over a circular pattern of lines and shapes representing sunrays, and the following: (a) “AUSTRALIAN KANGAROO”; (b) “2016 1oz 9999 SILVER”; (c) “P”; (d) the micro letter “A”
9	Reverse	R3	A design consisting of a representation of a ribbon forming a circle with a bow at the bottom, which encloses a representation of a woman holding a baby in swaddling with a man and a young boy at her side, and the following: (a) “CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF THE ROYAL BABY”; (b) “2015”; (c) “AH”; (d) “P”