Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 2) (Cth)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 2)

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

Dated 8 April 2003

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1Name of Determination   2

2Commencement   2

3Specification of coins   2

4Application of Determination   2

5Amendment of Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)     2

Schedule 1                3

Part 1Specifications of coins   3

Part 2Explanation of symbols   4

Schedule 2Amendment of Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)         7

  1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 2).

  1. Commencement

This Determination commences, or is taken to have commenced, as follows:

(a)    on 23 October 2002 — sections 1, 2 and 5, and Schedule 2;

(b)    on gazettal — sections 3 and 4, and Schedule 1.

  1. Specification of coins

(1)   This Determination specifies, for a coin having the determination 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 two parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

  1. Application of Determination

The specifications in Schedule 1 to this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specification of a coin.

  1. Amendment of Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)

Schedule 2 amends Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5).

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 5c Not less than 99.9% silver 3.24 ± 0.12 19.53 1.55 S1 E1 O32 R274
102 10c Not less than 99.9% silver 6.57 ± 0.17 23.72 1.98 S1 E1 O32 R273
103 20c Not less than 99.9% silver 13.36 ± 0.30 28.65 2.52 S1 E1 O32 R311
104 50c Not less than 99.9% silver 18.24 ± 0.40 31.65 2.80 S3 E4 O32 R310
105 $1 Not less than 99.9% silver 11.66 ± 0.24 25.12 2.80 S1 E3 O32 R309
106 $2 Not less than 99.9% silver 8.55 ± 0.21 20.62 3.00 S1 E2 O32 R269
107 $1 Copper, aluminium and nickel 9.00 ± 0.28 25.12 2.80 S1 E3 O32 R315
108 $1 Not less than 99.9% silver 13.36 ± 0.30 28.65 2.52 S1 E1 O34 R316
109 $2 Not less than 99.9% silver 18.22 ± 0.40 32.65 2.90 S1 E1 O35 R317
110 $5 Not less than 99.9% silver 36.31 ± 0.64 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O36 R318
111 $10 Not less than 99.9% silver 36.31 ± 0.64 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O37 R319

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 E2 8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain
205 Edge E3 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
206 Edge E4 Plain
207 Obverse O32

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’.
208 Obverse O34

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’;

surrounding an image of a Port Phillip Pattern consisting of a central design of the figure ‘1/4’ surrounding which on the outer patterned edge of the Port Phillip Pattern are the inscriptions:

    (c)   ‘PURE AUSTRALIAN GOLD’; and

    (d)   ‘QUARTER OUNCE’.
209 Obverse O35

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

(b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’;

surrounding an image of a Port Phillip Pattern consisting of a central design of the figure ‘1/2’ surrounding which on the outer patterned edge of the Port Phillip Pattern are the inscriptions:

    (c)   ‘PURE AUSTRALIAN GOLD’; and

    (d)   ‘HALF OUNCE’.
210 Obverse O36

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

(b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’;

surrounding an image of a Port Phillip Pattern consisting of a central design of the figure ‘1’ within which is the inscription:

    (c)   ‘ONE OUNCE’;

surrounding which on the outer patterned edge of the Port Phillip Pattern are the inscriptions:

    (d)   ‘PURE AUSTRALIAN GOLD’; and

    (e)   ‘ONE OUNCE’.
211 Obverse O37

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the following inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’;

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’;

    (c)   ‘TEN DOLLARS’.
212 Reverse R274 A representation of an echidna, with the inscription ‘5’.
213 Reverse R273 A representation of a lyrebird with the inscription ‘10’.
214 Reverse R311 A representation of a group of human faces, and the inscription ‘20’, surrounded by the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS –MAKING A DIFFERENCE’.
215 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 ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’; and

    (b)   a depiction of a group of three people supporting each other;

that, in turn, surround the inscription ‘50’.
216 Reverse R309

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)   ‘1 DOLLAR’.
217 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’.
218 Reverse R315

A design consisting of an artist’s interpretation of the Australian Vietnam War Memorial in Canberra, consisting of an outline of the major architectural features of the memorial, under which is the inscription:

    (a)   ‘1962-1973’;

surrounding which are the inscriptions;

    (b)   ‘FOR SERVICE – AUSTRALIA’S VIETNAM FORCES’; and

    (c)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
219 Reverse R316

A representation of the Port Phillip Pattern with a design of a kangaroo in the centre, under which is the inscription ‘1853’, surrounded by a patterned rim containing the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘PORT PHILLIP PATTERN’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;

surrounded by a patterned cross-hatch design and the inscription:

    (c)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.
220 Reverse R317

A representation of the Port Phillip Pattern with a design of a kangaroo in the centre, under which is the inscription ‘1853’, surrounded by a patterned rim containing the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘PORT PHILLIP PATTERN’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;

surrounded by a patterned cross-hatch design and the inscription:

    (c)   ‘TWO DOLLARS’.
221 Reverse R318

A representation of the Port Phillip Pattern with a design of a kangaroo in the centre, under which is the inscription ‘1853’, surrounded by a patterned rim containing the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘PORT PHILLIP PATTERN’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;

surrounded by a patterned cross-hatch design and the inscription:

    (c)   ‘FIVE DOLLARS’.
222 Reverse R319

A representation of the Port Phillip Pattern with a design of a kangaroo in the centre, under which is the inscription ‘1853’, surrounded by a patterned rim containing the inscriptions:

    (a)   ‘PORT PHILLIP PATTERN’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’.

Schedule 2        Amendment of Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)

(section 5)

[1]           Schedule 1, Part 2, item 208, column 4

omit

ONE DOLLAR

insert

1 DOLLAR

[2]           Schedule 2, Part 2, item 209, column 4

omit

AUSTRALIAN

insert

AUSTRALIA’S

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