Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 7) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 7)

I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) and paragraph 14 (2) (b) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 15 October 2003

ROSS CAMERON

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. 7).

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 Schedule 1 to this Determination do not affect any other determination of the specifications 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) max.	(2) Thickness (mm) max.	(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	R330

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E3	14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
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	R330	A representation of a Women’s Suffrage Banner, painted by Dora Meeson, and the inscriptions:     (a)   ‘CENTENARY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE’; and     (b)   ‘1 DOLLAR’.