Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 4) (Cth)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 4)

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

Dated 9 June 2004

ROSS CAMERON

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer


Contents

1Name of Determination   2

2Commencement   2

3Specification of coins   2

4Application of Determination   2

Schedule 1Specifications of coins   3


  1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 4).

  1. Commencement

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

  1. Specification of coins

   For subsections 13 (2) and 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in 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 coins

(section 3)

Item 1

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
5.60g ± 0.15g
Maximum diameter 21.40mm
Maximum thickness 2.10mm
Shape Heptagon
Edge Plain
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’; and

     (c)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a stylised representation of a lion in profile holding seals; and

    (b)   the inscription ‘TESTING R. AUST. MINT’.

Item 2

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
5.79g ± 0.16g
Maximum diameter 23.80mm
Maximum thickness 2.00mm
Shape Scalloped
Edge Plain
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation, in traditional Australian Aboriginal style, of 5 kangaroos against a background of elongated dots; and

    (b)   the inscription ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

Item 3

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
11.66g ± 0.24g
Maximum diameter 25.12mm
Maximum thickness 2.80mm
Shape Circular
Edge 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of a wombat; and

    (b)   the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’.

Item 4

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
11.66g ± 0.24g
Maximum diameter 25.12mm
Maximum thickness 2.80mm
Shape Circular
Edge 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of an Australian swagman; and

    (b)   the following inscriptions:

            (i)   ‘A.B.“BANJO” PATTERSON’;

           (ii)   ‘1 DOLLAR’;

          (iii)   ‘Waltzing Matilda’;

          (iv)   ‘1895’;

           (v)   ‘1995’.

Item 5

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
11.66g ± 0.24g
Maximum diameter 25.12mm
Maximum thickness 2.80mm
Shape Circular
Edge 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   4 representations of an Australian $1 dollar note, progressively reduced in size; and

    (b)   a representation of the reverse of an Australian $1 dollar coin superimposed on the Australian $1 dollar note; and

     (c)   the inscriptions:

            (i)   ‘1984’;

           (ii)   ‘1994’.

Item 6

$1 coin

Denomination $1
Standard composition At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and
allowable variation
31.635g ± 0.50g
Maximum diameter 40.15mm
Maximum thickness 3.50mm
Shape Circular
Edge Continuously milled
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of 5 kangaroos; and

    (b)   the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’.

Item 7

$150 coin

Denomination $150
Standard composition At least 99.99% gold
Standard weight and
allowable variation
10.368g ± 0.100g
Maximum diameter 25.10mm
Maximum thickness 1.50mm
Shape Circular
Edge Continuously milled
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of a lawyer vine (calamus muelleri); and

    (b)   a representation of a cassowary superimposed on the representation of a lawyer vine; and

     (c)   the inscription ‘150 DOLLARS’.

Item 8

$200 coin

Denomination $200
Standard composition At least 99.9% gold
Standard weight and
allowable variation
15.792g ± 0.240g
Maximum diameter 30.10mm
Maximum thickness 1.80mm
Shape Circular
Edge Continuously milled
Obverse design

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

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of a lawyer vine (calamus muelleri); and

    (b)   a representation of a cassowary superimposed on the representation of a lawyer vine; and

     (c)   the inscription ‘200 DOLLARS’.


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