Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 8) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 8)

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

Dated 31 August 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. 8).

1. Commencement

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

1. Specification of coins

For subsection 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

11.66g ± 0.240g

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 2005’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of the silhouette of an Australian soldier playing a bugle; and

    (b)   the following inscriptions:

            (i)   ‘GALLIPOLI’;

           (ii)   ‘LEST WE FORGET’;

          (iii)   ‘1915 – 2005’;

          (iv)   ‘1 DOLLAR’.

Item 2

$1 coin

Denomination

$1

Standard composition

Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and
allowable variation

9.00g ± 0.280g

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 2005’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   a representation of the silhouette of an Australian soldier playing a bugle; and

    (b)   the following inscriptions:

            (i)   ‘GALLIPOLI’;

           (ii)   ‘LEST WE FORGET’;

          (iii)   ‘1915 – 2005’;

          (iv)   ‘1 DOLLAR’;

           (v)   ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘M’, ‘S’, ‘H’, ‘P’, ‘D’, ‘A’ or ‘G’.