Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Amendment Determination 2007 (No. 1) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Amendment Determination  2007 (No. 1)

Currency Act 1965

I, CHRISTOPHER JOHN PEARCE, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 19 April 2007

CHRIS PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Amendment Determination  2007 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

1. Amendment of Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2006 (No. 2)

Schedule 1 amends the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2006 (No. 2).

Schedule 1        Amendment

(section 3)

[1]           Schedule 1, item 15

substitute

Item 15

$1 coin

Denomination

$1

Standard composition

Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and
allowable variation

9.00g ± 0.280g

Maximum diameter

25.12mm

Maximum thickness

2.80mm

Shape

Circular

Edge

14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

Obverse design

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials “IRB”, surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a)    “ELIZABETH II”; and

(b)    “AUSTRALIA 2007”.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

(a)    a seahorse in an ocean habitat including plants, partly pad printed in colour; and

(b)    a representation of an ocean plant; and

(c)    the inscription “1 DOLLAR”.