Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 9) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 9)

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

Dated 21 December 2000

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 9).

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	20c	Copper and nickel	11.30 ± 0.33	28.65	2.52	S1	E4	O22	R258
102	20c	Copper and nickel	11.30 ± 0.33	28.65	2.52	S1	E4	O22	R259

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E4	Plain
203	Obverse	O22	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b)  ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’.
204	Reverse	R258	A representation of a waratah, the inscription ‘20’ and the monogram ‘JKN’, superimposed on a representation of the shape of New South Wales, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a)   ‘1901 – 2001’; and (b)  ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’.
205	Reverse	R259	A representation of the flagpole above Parliament House, Canberra, displaying an Australian flag, and the inscription ‘20 CENTS’, superimposed on a design consisting of a representation of the shape of the Australian Capital Territory and a representation of a royal bluebell surrounded by: (a)   a representation of the Federation Star; and (b)  a representation of a rose bush; and (c)   the inscriptions:        (i)    ‘CELEBRATING THE AUSTRALIAN CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and          (ii)    ‘1901 to 2001’. The design bears the inscription ‘A.C.T’ and the monogram ‘SJP’.