Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 10) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 10)

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

Dated 17 October 2004

ROSS CAMERON

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1Name of Determination   2

2Commencement   2

3Specifications of coin   2

4Application of Determination   2

Schedule 1Specifications of coin   3

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 10).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

1. Specifications of coin

For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, Schedule 1 specifies:

(a)    the denomination of a coin; and

(b)    the coin’s standard composition; and

(c)    the coin’s standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and

(d)    the coin’s dimensions; and

(e)    the coin’s design.

1. Application of Determination

The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1        Specifications of coin

(section 3)

Item 1

$5 coin

Denomination

$5

Standard composition

Aluminium, zinc, bronze and tin

Standard weight and
allowable variation

20.00g ± 0.50g

Maximum diameter

38.90mm

Maximum thickness

2.65mm

Shape

Circular

Edge

Fully milled

Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2005’; and

     (c)   ‘5 DOLLARS’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of:

            (i)   a tennis player on a stylised tennis court; and

           (ii)   a city skyline; and

    (b)   the inscription ‘1905 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2005’.