Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 4) 2019 (Cth)

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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 4) 2019

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

Dated   17 June 2019

Michael Sukkar

Assistant Treasurer

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary  1

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

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

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

4  Schedules................................................................................................................................. 1

5  Definitions................................................................................................................................ 1

Part 2—Specifications for coins  2

5  Specification of denomination and standard compositions....................................................... 2

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  5

2  Symbols used in Part 1............................................................................................................. 5

Schedule 2—Amendments  10

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019   10

Part 1—Preliminary

1  Name

This instrument is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 4) 2019.

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.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 the Currency Act 1965.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in Schedule 2 to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in that Schedule, and any other item in Schedule 2 to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Currency Act 1965.

Part 2—Specifications for coins

5  Specification of denomination and standard compositions

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

6  Standard weight, design and dimensions of coins

(1) This section is made for the purposes of 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 are 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 the purposes of 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 $1 Copper and zinc 13.500 ± 1.000 30.60 3.00 S1 E1 O5 R68
2 $2 At least 99.99% silver 62.713 ± 0.500 45.50 6.00 S1 E1 O23 R69
3 $1 At least 99.99% silver 31.607 ± 0.500 38.65 4.00 S7 E2 O24 R70
4 $450 At least 99.99% gold 46.710 ± 0.050 41.00 4.00 S1 E1 O25 R71
5 $50 At least 99.99% gold 15.603 ± 0.050 22.00 4.00 S1 E2 O9 R72
6 $300 At least 99.99% silver 10010.500 ± 9.500 221.00 34.81 S1 E1 O26 R40
7 $1 At least 99.99% silver 31.607 ± 0.500 40.60 3.21 S1 E1 O11 R73
8 $1 Aluminium Bronze 13.500 ± 1.000 30.60 3.00 S1 E1 O18 R40
9 $8 At least 99.99% silver 156.533 ± 1.000 60.60 7.20 S1 E1 O11 R41
10 $100 At least 99.95% platinum 31.169 ± 0.050 32.60 2.45 S1 E1 O16 R39
11 $1 Aluminium Bronze 13.500 ± 1.000 30.60 3.00 S1 E1 O18 R74
12 $100 At least 99.99% gold 31.157 ± 0.050 32.60 2.80 S1 E1 O3 R75
13 $2 At least 99.99% silver 62.713 ± 0.500 40.60 6.42 S1 E1 O1 R76

Part 2—Explanation of symbols

2  Symbols used in Part 1

Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Division 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 S7 Star
3 Edge E1 Continuously milled
4 Edge E2 Plain
5 Obverse O1

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS” or “DOLLAR” as the case requires; and

(d) “JC”.
6 Obverse O3

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS” or “DOLLAR” as the case requires; and

(d) “2019”; and

(e) “Xoz 9999 Au” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(f) “JC”.
7 Obverse O5

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA 2019”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS” or “DOLLAR” as the case requires; and

(d) “JC”.
8 Obverse O9

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS” or “DOLLAR” as the case requires; and

(d) “2020”; and

(e) “Xoz 9999 Au” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(f) “JC”.
9 Obverse O11

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS” , “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and

(d) “Xoz 9999 Ag” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(e) “JC”.
10 Obverse O16

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “100 DOLLARS”; and

(d) “1oz 9995 Pt”; and

(e) “JC”.
11 Obverse O18

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA 2020”; and

(c) “1 DOLLAR”; and

(d) “JC”.
12 Obverse O23

A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II immediately inside the rim, semi-circular lines enclosing a transparent insert at the centre of the coin containing a rotatable propeller and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “2 DOLLARS”; and

(d) “2019”; and

(e) “2oz 9999 Ag”; and

(f) “JC”.
13 Obverse O24

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “1 DOLLAR”; and

(d) “2019”; and

(e) “1oz 9999 Ag”; and

(d) “JC”.
14 Obverse O25

An annular design consisting of a circular border and partially obscuring the border is circle enclosing an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and enclosing a partially punched out circle are the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “2020”; and

(d) “450 DOLLARS”; and

(e) “1½oz 9999 Au”; and

(f) “JC”.
15 Obverse O26

A design consisting of a circle immediately inside the rim that surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and

(d) “10 KILO 9999 Ag”; and

(e) “JC”.
16 Reverse R39

A design consisting of a representation of a mouse perched on ears of wheat and the following:

(a) the Chinese language character (鼠) pronounced shŭ under the Pinyin system and meaning mouse; and

(b) “MOUSE”; and

(c) “2020”; and

(d) “IJ”; and

(e) “P”.
17 Reverse R40

A design consisting of a representation of 2 mice eating corn on the cob and the following:

(a) the Chinese language character (鼠) pronounced shŭ under the Pinyin system and meaning mouse; and

(b) “MOUSE”; and

(c) “2020”; and

(d) “IJ”; and

(e) “P”.
18 Reverse R41

A design consisting of a representation of 2 coloured mice eating corn on the cob and the following:

(a) the Chinese language character (鼠) pronounced shŭ under the Pinyin system and meaning mouse; and

(b) “MOUSE”; and

(c) “2020”; and

(d) “IJ”; and

(e) “P”.
19 Reverse R68

A design consisting of a stylised map of the world, representations of flight paths and landing points for aircraft, an aircraft and the following:

(a) “CENTENARY OF FIRST FLIGHT”; and

(b) “ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “JM”; and

(d) “P”.
20 Reverse R69

A design consisting of a stylised map of the world, representations of flight paths and landing points for aircraft, an aircraft, stylised mountains, river and sun enclosing a transparent insert at the centre of the coin containing a rotatable propeller and the following:

(a) “CENTENARY OF FIRST FLIGHT”; and

(b) “ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) “JM”; and

(d) “P”.
21 Reverse R70

A design consisting of a coloured reindeer in harness with bells, stylised stars in the background and the following:

(a) “Merry Christmas”; and

(b) “JM”; and

(c) “P”.
22 Reverse R71

An annular design consisting of a representation of a coastal landscape of the peninsula, a sailing ship and a rowboat with rowers and in the foreground enclosing a partially punched out circle are tents, a person panning over a stream, an ant over an anthill, kangaroos, boab tree, termite mound, grass tree and one gem inset into the coin and the following:

(a) “DISCOVERY”; and

(b) “NM”; and

(c) “P”.
23 Reverse R72

A design consisting of a satellite view of Australia with 2 gems inset into the coin and the following:

(a) “P”.
24 Reverse R73

A design consisting of a representation of 2 mice eating corn on the cob and the following:

(a) a circle enclosing the Chinese language character (丰) pronounced fēng under the Pinyin system and meaning fertile and plentiful and representing good harvest; and

(b) the Chinese language character (鼠) pronounced shŭ under the Pinyin system and meaning mouse; and

(c) “MOUSE”; and

(d) “2020”; and

(e) “IJ”; and

(f) “P”.
25 Reverse R74

A design consisting of stylised streamers and musical notes superimposed over coloured representations of gifts with bows, an iced cupcake with a cherry on top, party hat and blowers and the following:

(a) “Happy Birthday”; and

(b) “JM”; and

(c) “P”.
26 Reverse R75

A design consisting of a circular border that surrounds a representation of the Palace of Versailles and a silhouette of a kneeling soldier superimposed over radial lines and the following:

(a) “100TH ANNIVERSARY”; and

(b) “100”; and

(c) “TREATY OF VERSAILLES MMXIX”; and

(d) “P”.
27 Reverse R76

A design consisting of a circular border, in the foreground, partially obscuring the border is a representation of a great white shark and fish, in the background, stylised water and the following;

(a) “2019; and

(b) “GREAT WHITE”; and

(c) “2oz 9999 SILVER”; and

(d) “NM”; and

(e) “P”; and

(f) the micro letter “P”.

Schedule 2—Amendments

Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019

1  Schedule 1, Part 1, clause 1 (table item 12, column headed “Maximum thickness (mm)”)

Omit “1.46”, substitute “2.00”.

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