Commonwealth of Australia
Currency Act 1965
Currency Determination No. 2 of 1996
I, JAMES ROBERT SHORT, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 14 June 1996.
Assistant Treasurer
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Citation
1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No 2 of 1996.
Commencement
2. This Determination commences on 1 July 1996.
Application of the Determination
3. This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications or design of a coin.
Specifications and design of $10 coins
4. (1) This clause sets out the specifications and design of 2 coins of the denomination of $10 the standard composition of which consists of 92 5% silver and 7.5% other metal.
(2) The shape of each coin is circular.
(3) The edge of each coin is milled.
(4) The standard weight of the first coin is 20.00 grams.
(5) The standard weight of the second coin is 40.00 grams.
(6) A variation of 0.50 grams from the standard weight is allowed.
(7) The diameter of each coin is 34.10 millimetres.
(8) The thickness of the first coin is 2.90 millimetres.
(9) The thickness of the second coin is 5.10 millimetres.
(10) The obverse of each coin bears:
(a) an effigy of the Queen; and
(b) the inscriptions:
(i) "ELIZABETH II"; and
(ii) "AUSTRALIA"; and
(iii) "1996".
(11) The reverse of each coin bears:
(a) a representation of two Southern Right Whales; and
(b) the inscriptions:
(i) "SOUTHERN RIGHT WHALE"; and
(ii) "10 DOLLARS".