Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 3)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 7 September 2000
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 3).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on gazettal.
3 Specification of coins
This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.
4 Application of Determination
The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.
Schedule 1
(section 3)
Part 1 Specification of coins
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |||||
Item | Denomination and nominal weight in ounces or kilograms | Standard | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | |||||
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101 | 50 cents | Not less than 99.9% silver | 16.086 ± 0.500 | 32.10 | 2.80 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R235 | |
102 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 ± 0.500 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R235 | |
103 | $2 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 62.770 ± 0.500 | 50.30 | 4.50 | S1 | E2 | O1 | R235 | |
104 | $10 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 312.347 ± 1.000 | 75.50 | 8.70 | S1 | E2 | O1 | R235 | |
105 | $30 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 1002.502 ± 1.500 | 101.00 | 14.60 | S1 | E2 | O1 | R235 | |
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item | Design Feature | Symbol | Explanation |
201 | Shape | S1 | Circular |
202 | Edge | E1 | Continuously milled |
203 | Edge | E2 | 8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain |
204 | Obverse | O1 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (b) an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’, ‘DOLLARS’ or ‘CENTS’ as the case requires; that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. |
205 | Reverse | R235
| A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing: (a) either: (i) if the nominal weight of the coin is measured in ounces — the inscription ‘X OZ 999 SILVER’ (where ‘X’ is the nominal weight, in ounces, of the coin expressed as a common fraction, or whole number, in Arabic numerals); or (ii) if the nominal weight of the coin is 1 kilogram — the inscription ‘1KILO 999 SILVER’; and (b) the inscription ‘2001’; and (c) the Chinese character for ‘snake’; and (d) a pattern of bats and clouds; that, in turn, surround: (e) a representation of a snake with 3 unhatched eggs, 1 cracked egg and 1 egg from which a baby snake is hatching; with or without the inscription ‘P’. |