Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2018 (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2018

I, Kelly O’Dwyer, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, make the following determination.

Dated   28 August 2018

Kelly O’Dwyer

Minister for Revenue and Financial Services

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  3

Part 1—Specifications of coins  3

1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 3

Part 2—Explanation of symbols  5

2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 5

1  Name

This is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2018.

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)  A reference in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin that is circular concave is a reference to the shortest diameter of the coin.

(4)  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.

(5) 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	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel		9.00 ± 0.66	25.12	3.46	S1	E1	O1	R1
2	$1	At least 99.9% silver		11.66 + 0.30	25.20	3.25	S1	E1	O1	R1
3	$1	Copper, aluminium and nickel		9.00 ± 0.66	25.12	3.46	S1	E1	O2	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	Edge	E1	Interrupted milling
3	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) ‘JC’.
4	Obverse	O2	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) ‘. 1 DOLLAR .’; (e) ‘IRB’.
5	Reverse	R1	A design consisting of: (a) an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the initials ‘IRB’; and (b) the following:         (i)     ‘AUSTRALIAN COINAGE PORTRAIT 1998 - 2019’;        (ii)     ‘. ONE DOLLAR .’.
6	Reverse	R2	A design consisting of: (a) in the upper sector, a coloured semicircle containing 2 white dotted lines, 2 grey dotted lines and 2 yellow dotted lines, all superimposed on a black background; and (b) superimposed on that coloured semicircle, a representation of a male athlete in a crouch start position, wearing running blades; and (c) below that athlete, a horizontal line; and (d) a representation of the word ‘Sydney’ and the number ‘13’ in braille print; and (e) 3 horizontal lines and 2 vertical lines; and (f) the following:         (i)     ‘INVICTUS GAMES’;        (ii)     ‘SYDNEY 2018’;       (iii)     ‘AS’.