Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 4) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 4)

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

Dated 20 September 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. 4).

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	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.280	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O27	R281
102	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.280	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O27	R282
103	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.280	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O27	R283
104	$1	Not less than 99.9% silver	11.66 ± 0.240	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O27	R282
105	$1	Not less than 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O27	R284
106	50c	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.400	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O27	R285
107	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver	36.31 ± 0.64	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O28	R286
108	$5	Austenitic stainless steel, copper, aluminium, and nickel	10.60 ± 0.50	28.12	2.60	S2	E4	O27	R287
109	$5	Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin	28.00 ± 0.80	38.90	3.50	S1	E1	O27	R288
110	50c	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.400	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O27	R289
111	50c	Not less than 99.9% silver	18.24 ± 0.40	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O27	R289
112	$100	Not less than 99.9% gold	31.40 ± 0.20	34.10	2.80	S1	E1	O27	R290

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	O27	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’.
207	Obverse	O28	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’;     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’;      (c)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
208	Reverse	R281	A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, surrounded by:      (a)   the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and            (ii)   ‘ONE  DOLLAR’; and     (b)   the monogram ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘M’ or ‘S’.
209	Reverse	R282	A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and     (b)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
210	Reverse	R283	A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, pad-printed in colour, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and     (b)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
211	Reverse	R284	A representation of a kangaroo set against a background of wavy lines, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘1 OUNCE SILVER’; and     (b)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
212	Reverse	R285	A representation of a windmill, and the inscription ‘50 CENTS’.
213	Reverse	R286	A holographic representation of the Federation Rotunda which, on changing the angle of viewing, turns into a representation of a map of Australia, both in colour, surrounded by an array of shooting stars, and the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’;     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;      (c)   ‘1901 – 2001’;     (d)   ‘ITS WHAT WE MAKE IT’ (repeated three times).
214	Reverse	R287	A representation of the ship’s bell of the USS Houston, surrounded by the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT’;     (b)   ‘1942’;      (c)   ‘2002’;     (d)   ‘USS HOUSTON’;      (e)   ‘HMAS PERTH’;      (f)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
215	Reverse	R288	Representations of the USS Houston and the HMAS Perth, surrounded by the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT 1942’;     (b)   ‘USS HOUSTON’;      (c)   ‘HMAS PERTH’;     (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.
216	Reverse	R289	Representations of the St Edwards Crown and the seven-pointed Federation Star, and the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘2002’;     (b)   ‘1952’;      (c)   ‘EIIR’;     (d)   ‘GEORGE VI’;      (e)   ‘ELIZABETH II ACCESSION’;      (f)  ‘FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY’;      (g)   ‘50’.
217	Reverse	R290	Representations of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman, a silhouette of King George VI and the St Edwards Crown, and the following inscriptions:      (a)   ‘EIIR’;     (b)   ‘GVI+’;      (c)   ‘ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH II’;     (d)   ‘50TH ANNIVERSARY’;      (e)   ‘1952 – 2002’;      (f)   ‘100 DOLLARS’.