Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 7 September 2000

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Contents

Page

1  Name of Determination   2

2  Commencement   2

3  Specification of coins   2

4  Application of Determination   2

Schedule 13

Part 1             Specifications of coins   3

Part 2             Explanation of symbols   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Specification of coins

This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

1. Application of Determination

The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1             

(section 3)

Part 1          Specifications of coins

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5		Column 6
Item	Denomination	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	Dimensions		Design
(1) Diameter (mm)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
101	$1	Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin	9.00 ± 0.28	25.10	2.80	S1	E7	O14	R238
102	$1	Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin	9.00 ± 0.28	25.10	2.80	S1	E8	O14	R238

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E7	Plain edge with the inscription ‘SYDNEY’, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.
203	Edge	E8	Plain edge with the inscription ‘CANBERRA’, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.
204	Obverse	O14	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a)      ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b)      ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’.
205	Reverse	R238	A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising: (a)      the inscription ‘XXVII OLYMPIAD’; and (b)      a representation of the Olympic rings, and the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’, superimposed on an artist’s representation of the Sydney Opera House and the adjacent waters of Sydney Harbour.