Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1)

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

Dated 8 March 2001

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   4

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1).

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)   The reference in item 110 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is a reference to the distance between 2 parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

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) Max Diameter (mm)	(2) Max Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
101	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R260
102	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R261
103	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R262
104	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R263
105	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R264
106	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O26	R265
107	20c	Copper and nickel	11.30 ± 0.33	28.65	2.52	S1	E4	O22	R266
108	$1	Copper, nickel and aluminium	9.00 ± 0.28	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O22	R267
109	20c	Copper and nickel	11.30 ± 0.33	28.65	2.52	S1	E4	O22	R268
110	50c	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.40	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O22	R269

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Shape	S3	Dodecahedral
203	Edge	E1	Continuously milled
204	Edge	E3	14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
205	Edge	E4	Plain
206	Obverse	O22	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’.
207	Obverse	O26	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by:      (a)   the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and            (ii)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’; 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’.
208	Reverse	R260	A design consisting of a pictorial representation of Charles Kingston, Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin, superimposed on a design that includes a circular shape, a series of horizontal lines and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘KINGSTON’; and     (b)   ‘BARTON’; and      (c)   ‘DEAKIN’; and     (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
209	Reverse	R261	A design consisting of a pictorial representation of George Reid, John Forrest and John Quick, superimposed on a design that includes a semi-circular shape, a series of horizontal lines and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘REID’; and     (b)   ‘FORREST’; and      (c)   ‘QUICK’; and     (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
210	Reverse	R262	A design consisting of a pictorial representation of Andrew Inglis Clark, Henry Parkes and Samuel Griffith, superimposed on a design that includes a semi-circular shape, a series of horizontal and vertical lines, and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘CLARK’; and     (b)   ‘PARKES’; and      (c)   ‘GRIFFITH’; and     (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
211	Reverse	R263	A design consisting of a pictorial representation of  G .H. Reid and J. Barton, superimposed on a design that includes a series of circular and elliptical shapes, and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘G. H. REID; and     (b)   ‘J. BARTON’; and      (c)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
212	Reverse	R264	A design consisting of a pictorial representation of C. H. Spence, M. S. Anderson and E .W. Nicholls, superimposed on a design that includes a circle bearing a star-shaped design surrounded by a series of elliptical shapes, and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘C. H. SPENCE’; and     (b)   ‘M. S. ANDERSON’; and      (c)   ‘E. W. NICHOLLS’; and     (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
213	Reverse	R265	A design consisting of the names of the members of the Ladies’ Committee of the People’s Representative Committee in Bathurst, arranged in a circular fashion around a circle bearing a star-shaped design surrounded by a series of elliptical shapes, and the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS. The names of the members of the Committee appear as a series of inscriptions set out as follows: ‘          ‘MRS. BRUFORD – MRS. HURST – MRS. G. THOMPSON – MRS. WILLMAN –  MRS. G. E. MACHATTIE – MRS. T. A. MACHATTIE – MISS. FOLEY – MRS. EDGLEY – MRS. MARRIOTT – MRS. PITTENDRIGH – MRS. HULKS – MISS. MEAGHER – MISS. BASSETT – MRS. HAWKINS – MRS. M. MEAGHER – MRS. WHITELAW’.
214	Reverse	R266	A design consisting of:      (a)   an artist’s impression of a gecko on desert sand; and     (b)   an artist’s impression of:             (i)   human footprints on sand; and            (ii)   the marks made by a person walking on sand wearing shoes; and        (iii)   a computer chip; and           (iv)   the hour and minute hands of a clock; and      (c)   a representation of a series of radiating lines; and     (d)   the inscriptions:         (i)   ‘20’; and            (ii)   ‘QUEENSLAND’; and           (iii)   ‘1901’; and           (iv)   ‘2001’; and            (v)   the monogram ‘JG’.
215	Reverse	R267	A design consisting of a representation of the official logo for the International Year of Volunteers, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘2001’; and     (b)   ‘International Year of Volunteers’; and      (c)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
216	Reverse	R268	A design consisting of an artist’s impression of a Norfolk Island pine tree superimposed on a representation of the shape of Norfolk Island, surrounded by:      (a)   an artist’s impression of the sun, a seagull, an anchor, a fish and a ship at sea, linked by pieces of ribbon; and     (b)   the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘NORFOLK ISLAND – 2001’; and            (ii)   ‘20 CENTS’; and           (iii)   ‘100 YEARS FEDERATION’; and      (c)   the monogram ‘MC’.
217	Reverse	R269	A design consisting of a representation of the coat of arms of Norfolk Island, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and     (b)   ‘1901’; and      (c)   ‘2001’; and     (d)   ‘Norfolk Island’; and      (e)   ‘FIFTY CENTS’.