Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 2) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 2)

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

Dated 8th 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 in column 6 of Part 1   4

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 2).

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)	(2) Thickness (mm)	(1) Shape	(2) Edge	(3) Obverse	(4) Reverse
101	$2	Not less than 99.99% gold	16.03 ± 0.15	20.62	3.00	S1	E2	O22	R269
102	$1	Not less than 99.99% gold	21.70 ± 0.18	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O22	R270
103	50c	Not less than 99.99% gold	33.88 ± 0.25	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O22	R271
104	20c	Not less than 99.99% gold	24.56 ± 0.20	28.65	2.52	S1	E1	O22	R272
105	10c	Not less than 99.99% gold	12.29 ± 0.15	23.72	1.98	S1	E1	O22	R273
106	5c	Not less than 99.99% gold	6.13 ± 0.10	19.53	1.55	S1	E1	O22	R274

Part 2          Explanation of symbols in column 6 of Part 1

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	E2	8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain
206	Edge	E4	Plain
207	Obverse	O22	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’.
208	Reverse	R269	A representation of:      (a)   an Aboriginal elder; and     (b)   the Southern Cross constellation; and      (c)   a ‘grass tree’; and     (d)   the inscription ‘2 DOLLARS’.
209	Reverse	R270	A representation of the Centenary of Federation logo, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and     (b)   ‘1901–2001’; and      (c)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
210	Reverse	R271	A representation of the coat of arms of Australia, with the inscription ‘50’ .
211	Reverse	R272	A representation of a platypus with circles and semi circles to represent water ripples, with the inscription ‘20’.
212	Reverse	R273	A representation of a lyrebird with the inscription ‘10’.
213	Reverse	R274	A representation of an echidna, with the inscription ‘5’.