Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 4) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 4)

Currency Act 1965

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

Dated 6 July 2007

CHRIS PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 4).

1. Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

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

50c coin

Denomination

50c

Standard composition

Copper and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation

15.55g ± 0.40g

Maximum diameter

31.51mm

Maximum thickness

2.80mm

Shape

Dodecagonal

Edge

Plain

Obverse design

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

    (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2007’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   in the centre:

         (i)   a representation of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, in silhouette; and

           (ii)   a representation of a sparkling diamond inscribed with ‘60th.’; and

    (b)   in an outer ring:

         (i)   a diagrammatic representation of 60 Royal trumpets; and:

           (ii)   the inscriptions ‘ELIZABETH AND PHILIP’, ‘WEDDING ANNIVERSARY’ and ‘FIFTY CENTS’; and

          (iii)   ‘SD’.