Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

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

Dated 26 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 12

Part 1                    Specifications of coins   2

Part 2                    Explanation of symbols   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Specification of coins

(1)   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.

(2)   A reference in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is not circular, a reference to the distance between 2 parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

1. Application of Determination

This Determination does 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) max.	(2) Thickness (mm) max.	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
101	$1	Not less than 99.9% silver	20.30 ± 0.50	34.10	2.90	S1	E1	O15	R256
102	$10	Not less than 99.9% silver	312.347 ± 1.00	75.50	8.70	S1	E9	O15	R257

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E1	Continuously milled
203	Edge	E9	Plain edge with two inscriptions, being ‘GAMES OF THE XI PARALYMPIAD’ and ‘10 oz 999 SILVER’ evenly spread and separated by two images of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee logo, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.
204	Obverse	O15	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by: (a)     the inscriptions ‘ELIZABETH II’ and ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’; and (b)     an inscription stating in Arabic numerals the amount in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’ or ‘DOLLARS’.
205	Reverse	R256	A representation of the design used on the obverse of the Victory Medals for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, comprising: (a)     the official logo of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee and the official logo of the International Paralympic Committee, against a background of intertwined ribbons and medal shapes; and (b)     the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC SUMMER GAMES SYDNEY 2000’.
206	Reverse	R257	A representation of the design used on the reverse of the Victory Medals for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, comprising an image of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, surrounded by images of sporting venues used in the Paralympic Games.