Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

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 coin 

 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. 8).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coin

  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 normal weight in ounces or kilograms

Standard composition

Standard weight and allowable variation (g)

Dimensions

Design

 

 

 

 

(1)
Diameter
(mm)

(2)
Thickness
(mm)

(1)
Shape

(2)
Edge

(3)
Obverse

(4)
Reverse

101

$1 (1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R257

102

$1 (1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R258

103

$1 (1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R259

104

$1 (1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R260

105

$1 (1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R261

106

$2 (2 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

62.770 0.500

50.30

4.50

S1

E2

O1

R262

107

$30 (1 kg)

Not less than 99.9% silver

1002.502  1.500

101.00

14.60

S1

E2

O1

R263

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

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, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’ or ‘DOLLARS’, as the case requires;

that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.

205

Reverse

R257

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Massachusetts.

206

Reverse

R258

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Maryland.

207

Reverse

R259

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of South Carolina.

208

Reverse

R260

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)  a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of New Hampshire.

209

Reverse

R261

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d)  a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Virginia.

210

Reverse

R262

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d) 5 individual circular privy marks, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.

211

Reverse

R263

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 KILO 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and

(d) 5 individual circular privy marks in gold, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.

 

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