Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 1) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 1)

I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 14 February 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

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   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 1).

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	$1	Not less than 99.9% silver with 2 inserts of not less than 99.99% gold	32.07 ± 0.52 g	40.10	3.50	S1	E3	O27	R291

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	Obverse	O27	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’.
204	Reverse	R291	A design consisting of:      (a)   a representation of the front portico of the Melbourne Mint; and     (b)   2 gold inserts, each representing the reverse of a sovereign coin dated 1872; and      (c)   the inscriptions:          (i)   ‘MELBOURNE MINT’; and            (ii)   ‘1872’; and           (iii)   ‘2002’; and           (iv)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.