Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 5) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 5)

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 1 August 2007

CHRISTOPHER JOHN PEARCE

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 5).

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

$1 coin

(2007 $1 uncirculated 60^th Anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping 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 initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2007’.

Reverse design

A design consisting of:

     (a)   two hands presenting a dove, a globe and an olive wreath

    (b)   the inscriptions:

            (i)   ‘60^th Anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping’; and

           (ii)   ‘1 DOLLAR’.