Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 10 October 2000
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
Contents
Page
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification of coins
4 Application of Determination
Schedule 1
Part 1 Specifications of coins
Part 2 Explanation of Symbols
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6).
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 Specifications of coins
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | ||||
Item | Denomination (and, where relevant, nominal weight in ounces) | Standard | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | ||||
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| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
101 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 0.500 | 40.50 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R254 |
102 | $20
| Bi-metallic: (a) centre piece –99.9% silver (b) surround – 99.99% gold | 14.53 0.500 | 32.00 | 2.80 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R255 |
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 | Obverse | O1 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (c) ‘1 DOLLAR’; that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II. |
204 | Obverse | O26 | A silver disc bearing an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, surrounded by a gold annulus bearing the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (c) ‘20 DOLLARS’. |
205 | Reverse | R254 | A silver disc bearing: (a) the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA 2001 1oz. 999 SILVER’; and (b) a circular design comprising a series of Egyptian symbols, deities and hieroglyphs, surrounding, and partially superimposed on: (i) a depiction of a satellite view of the earth, pad printed in colour; and (ii) a representation of the sun, depicted as a gold insert; and (c) as a mint mark, the letter ‘P’. |
206 | Reverse | R255 | A gold annulus bearing a circle of raised beads and the inscriptions ‘GREGORIAN’ and ‘MILLENNIUM 2001’, surrounding a silver disc bearing: (a) a chronograph superimposed on a design composed of an observatory and the night sky, pad printed in colour, surrounded by 3 depictions of the earth in rotation; and (b) as a mint mark, the letter ‘P’. |