Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 1) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 1)

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

Dated 5 March 2003

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1Name of Determination   2

2Commencement   2

3Specification of coins   2

4Application of Determination   2

Schedule 1           3

Part 1Specifications of coins   3

Part 2Explanation of symbols   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (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 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	Not less than 99.9% silver	54.30 ± 0.72	50.30	4.50	S1	E1	O33	R314

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	O33	A design consisting of:     (a)   a silver annulus with the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and            (ii)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’; and           (iii)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’;             surrounding a representation of a holey dollar, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:           (iv)   the inscriptions:                    (A)    ‘CAROLUS IIII’; and                    (B)     ‘DEI GRATIA’; and            (v)   design fragments;             which in turn surround the inscriptions:           (vi)   ‘NEW SOU’; and          (vii)   ‘1813’; and     (b)   a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’; and
(c)   a representation of a dump, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:             (i)   the inscriptions:                    (A)   ‘NEW SOUTH WALES’ and                    (B)    ‘1813’; and            (ii)   an image of a crown;             superimposed on the holey dollar, creating a crescent-shaped hole in the coin.
204	Reverse	R314	A design consisting of:     (a)   a silver annulus with the inscriptions:             (i)   ‘HOLEY DOLLAR AND DUMP’; and            (ii)   ‘1813’; and           (iii)   ‘Colony of New South Wales’;             surrounding a representation of a holey dollar, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:           (iv)   the inscriptions:                    (A)     ‘HISPAN ET’; and                    (B)     ‘REX M 8R F M’; and            (v)   design fragments;             that, in turn, surround the inscription ‘VE SHILLINGS’; and     (b)   a representation of a dump, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscription ‘FIFTEEN PENCE’, superimposed on the holey dollar, creating a crescent-shaped hole in the coin.