Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017 (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017

I, Michael McCormack, Minister for Small Business, make the following determination.

Dated   6 June 2017

Michael McCormack

Minister for Small Business

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Specification of denominations and standard compositions........................................... 1

6............ Standard weight, design and dimensions of coins......................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations  2

Part 1—Specifications of coins  2

1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 2

Part 2—Explanation of symbols  3

2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 3

1  Name

This is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 3) 2017.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Currency Act 1965.

5Specification of denominations and standard compositions

(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.

(2)  The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this instrument commences, as if:

(a)  there were included in the Schedule to the Act the references to denominations of money specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument; and

(b)  there were specified in the Schedule to the Act opposite to each such denomination, as the standard composition of coins of that denomination, the standard composition specified for the denomination in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument.

(3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.

6  Standard weight, design and dimensions of coins

(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.

(2)  On and after the day on which this instrument commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of the coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.

(3)  Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this instrument explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

(4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.

Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations

Note:       See sections 5 and 6.

Part 1—Specifications of coins

1  Specifications

Each item of the following table specifies the standard composition, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.

Specifications of coins
Item	Denomination		Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm)	Maximum thickness (mm)	Shape	Edge	Obverse	Reverse
1	1c	Copper, tin and zinc		2.60 ± 0.50	17.80	1.85	S1	E1	O1	R1
2	50c	Copper and nickel		15.37 ± 1.00	31.81	2.85	S2	E1	O1	R2

Part 2—Explanation of symbols

1. Symbols used in Part 1

Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Part 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.

Explanation of symbols used in Part 1
Item	Design feature	Symbol	Explanation
1	Shape	S1	Circular
2	Shape	S2	Tetradecagonal
3	Edge	E1	Plain
4	Obverse	O1	A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following: (a) “ELIZABETH II”; (b) “AUSTRALIA”; (c) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year; (d) “IRB”.
5	Reverse	R1	A design consisting of: (a)  a cartoon representation of a possum, the Hush character from the book “Possum Magic”, wherein the possum is sitting and reading a book; and (b)  the following:         (i)     “1”.
6	Reverse	R2	A design consisting of: (a)  in the background, a curved line; and (b)  positioned above that line, a mountainous landscape; and (c)   in the foreground, a representation of a dog sitting on a rock and facing right; and (d)  the Chinese character pronounced “gou” under the Pinyin system and meaning dog; and (e)   the following:         (i)     “50”;        (ii)     the designer’s initials “SMS”.