Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)

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

Dated 3 October 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

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. 5).

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

The specifications in this Determination do affect any other Determination of the specification 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	O32	R308
102	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel	9.00 ± 0.280	25.12	2.80	S1	E3	O32	R309
103	50c	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.400	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O32	R310
104	20c	Copper and nickel	11.30 ± 0.280	25.12	2.80	S1	E1	O32	R311
105	$1	Not less than 99.9% silver	31.635 ± 0.500	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O32	R312
106	50c	Copper, aluminium and nickel	14.09 ± 0.30	31.65	2.80	S3	E4	O32	R306

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	O32	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’.
207	Reverse	R308	A representation of the outline of Australia within which are the words ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’; and     (b)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
208	Reverse	R309	A representation of the outline of Australia in colour within which are the words ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’, surrounded by the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’; and     (b)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
209	Reverse	R310	A representation of a collage of lines and designs consisting of a firefighter hosing flames, a lifesaver, a knife and fork on a plate, two beds with a person sleeping in each bed, various articles of clothing, a plant protected by two hands, a baby being cradled, a house, three athletes and a design of a series of emergency tapes, all surrounding:      (a)   the inscription ‘AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS’; and     (b)   a depiction of a group of three people supporting each other; that, in turn, surround the inscription ‘50’.
210	Reverse	R311	A representation of a group of human faces, and the inscription ‘20’, surrounded by the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE’.
211	Reverse	R312	A representation of an aboriginal design of a kangaroo, with a horizon and image of the sun in the background, and the inscriptions:      (a)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and     (b)   ‘1 OUNCE OF FINE SILVER’.
212	Reverse	R306	A design made up of:      (a)   a left panel showing a representation of the seven-pointed Federation Star and the inscription ‘1953’; and     (b)   a centre panel showing a representation of the St Edward’s Crown, and the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘EIIR’; and            (ii)   ‘50’; and      (c)   a right panel showing a representation of a sprig of wattle and the inscription ‘2003’; surrounded by the inscriptions:     (d)   ‘CORONATION ELIZABETH II’; and      (e)   ‘FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY’.