Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017 (Cth)

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017

I, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, make the following determination.

Dated this 22^nd day of December 2017

Michael Sukkar

Assistant Minister 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 dimensions of coins......................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations   3

Part 1—Specifications of coins   3

1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 3

Part 2—Explanation of symbols   9

2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 9

1  Name

This is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	6 January 2018

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

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 dimensions 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 dimensions of coins of specified denominations

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 whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.

Specifications of coins
Item	Denomination		Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)		Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm)	Maximum thickness (mm)	Shape	Edge	Obverse		Reverse
1		$2	At least 99.99% silver		62.713 ± 0.500	40.60	6.60	S1	E1		O1		R1
2		$2000	(a) Coin - At least 99.99% gold (b) additional piece (Chinese phoenix) - at least 81.71% gold At least 16.98% copper At least 1.31% silver		325.366 ± 0.100	60.60	12.83	S1	E1		O2		R2
3		$100	At least 99.99% gold		31.157 ± 0.050	41.60 x 24.60	2.40	S2	E2		O3		R3
4		$2	At least 99.99% silver		62.713 ± 0.500	55.60	3.60	S1	E1		O4		R4

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	Shape	S2	Rectangular
3	Edge	E1	Continuously milled
4	Edge	E2	Plain
5	Obverse	O1	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with radial lines and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2 DOLLARS”; (d) “2018”; (e) “2oz 9999 Ag”; and (d) “IRB”.
6	Obverse	O2	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2000 DOLLARS”; (d) “2018”; (e) “10oz 9999 GOLD”; and (d) “IRB”.
7	Obverse	O3	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II with radial lines and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “1oz 9999 Au”; (d) “100 DOLLARS”; (e) “2018”; and (d) “IRB”.
8	Obverse	O4	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) “2 DOLLARS”; (d) “2018”; (e) “2oz 9999 Ag”; and (d) “IRB”.
9	Reverse	R1	A design consisting of a representation of a koala with its joey on its back, perched on a branch with leaves superimposed over radial lines and the following: (a) “AH”; (b) “P”; and (c) a microscopic “P”.
10	Reverse	R2	A design consisting of stylised representations of  a flowering paulownia tree, butterflies, diamond inserts in the background and in the foreground a Chinese phoenix with diamond inserts and the following: (a) “THE JEWELLED PHOENIX”; (b) the Chinese pictograph pronounced “fèng” under the Pinyin system and meaning phoenix; (c) “AH”; and (d) “P”.
11	Reverse	R3	A design consisting of stylised representations of a dragon, a fireball and in the background stylised representations of wind, clouds and water and the following: (a) “IJ”; (b) “P”; and (c) a microscopic “P”.
12	Reverse	R4	A proof finish background, with a design circular lines immediately inside the rim enclosing a representation of a coloured German shepherd and its pup lying in the grass next to a rock, with peony flowers in the background and the following: (a) “Year of the Dog”; (b) the Chinese pictograph pronounced “gou” under the Pinyin system and meaning dog; (c) “IJ”; and (d) “P”.