Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)

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

Dated 29 April 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 coin   3

Part 2Explanation of symbols   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

1. Specification of coins

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.

1. Application of Determination

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

Schedule 1           

(section 3)

Part 1          Specifications of coin

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	$5	Not less than 99.9% silver with a selected area plated with 99.99% gold	31.635 ± 0.5 silver 0.02 ± 0.005 gold Total mass 31.655 ± 0.5005	40.10	3.50	S1	E1	O32	R320

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	O32	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and     (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’.
204	Reverse	R320	A design made up of:     (a)   a representation of the Webb Ellis trophy within a gold plated oval in the centre of the coin; and     (b)   two logos, on either side of the central image, each consisting of:             (i)   a stylised image of a rugby ball; and            (ii)   the inscription ‘iRB’ above the ball; and           (iii)   the inscription ‘RUGBY WORLD CUP 2003’ below the ball; surrounded by the inscriptions:     (c)   ‘THE WORLD IN UNION’; and     (d)   ‘FIVE DOLLARS’.