Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)
I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under paragraph 13 (2) (b) and subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 19 December 2003
ROSS CAMERON
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Standard composition of coins
4 Specification of coins
5 Application of Determination
Schedule 1
Part 1 Specification of coins
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on gazettal.
3 Standard composition of coins
For paragraph 13 (2) (b) of the Currency Act 1965, that Act has effect, on and after the commencement of this Determination:
(a) as if there were included in the Schedule to that Act the denominations of money mentioned in column 2 of items 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and
(b) as if there were specified in the Schedule opposite those denominations, as the standard composition of coins of those denominations, the standard composition mentioned in column 3 of those items.
4 Specification of coins
For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, this Determination specifies, for a coin:
(a) the denomination and standard composition in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and
(b) the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.
5 Application of Determination
The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specification of a coin.
Schedule 1
(sections 3 and 4)
Part 1 Specification of coins
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | ||||
Item | Denomination (and, where appropriate, nominal weight in ounces) | Standard composition | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | ||||
(1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | ||||
101 | $4 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 1.25 0.015 | 14.10 | 1.10 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R366 |
102 | $4 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 1.25 0.015 | 14.10 | 1.10 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R367 |
103 | $4 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 1.25 0.015 | 14.10 | 1.10 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R368 |
104 | $4 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 1.25 0.015 | 14.10 | 1.10 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R369 |
105 | $4 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 1.25 0.015 | 14.10 | 1.10 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R370 |
106 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 0.500 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O32 | R371 |
107 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 0.500 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O31 | R372 |
108 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 25.435 0.250 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O33 | R373 |
109 | 25 cents | Not less than 99.9% silver | 6.20 0.250 | 17.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E4 | O34 | R374 |
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 | Continuous milled |
203 | Edge | E4 | Plain |
204 | Obverse | O31 | 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 and the monogram ‘IRB’. |
205 | Obverse | O32 | 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 a gilded effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |
206 | Obverse | O33 | A holey dollar comprising a silver annulus with a circular hole in the centre and a design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and (b) a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |
207 | Obverse | O34 | A circular dump with a design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and (c) ‘25 CENTS’; that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |
208 | Reverse | R366 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and (b) ‘2001’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of a prospector panning for gold against a landscape; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘P’; and (ii) ‘LK’. |
209 | Reverse | R367 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and (b) ‘2002’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of two prospectors ‘dry blowing’ with two gold pans and the contents of the pans; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘P’; and (ii) ‘SA’. |
210 | Reverse | R368 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and (b) ‘2003’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of an early Australian goldfields ‘canvas town’, with a camel and water storage tank; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘P’; and (ii) ‘LK’. |
211 | Reverse | R369 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and (b) ‘2004’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of Eureka Stockade rebel leader Peter Lalor in front of the Eureka flag; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘P’; and (ii) ‘LK’. |
212 | Reverse | R370 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and (b) ‘2005’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of the ‘Welcome Stranger’ nugget; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘P’; and (ii) ‘SA’. |
213 | Reverse | R371 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘AUSTRALIA FLORIN’; and (b) ‘1954 – 2004’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a gilded stylised representation of a kangaroo and a lion standing together; and (d) the inscription ‘WLB’. |
214 | Reverse | R372 | Immediately inside the rim, a circle consisting of the inscriptions: (a) ‘MAWSON STATION: 1954 – 2004’; and (b) ‘Australian Antarctic Territory’; and (c) ‘1 OZ 99.9 SILVER’; that, in turn, surround: (d) a representation of Mawson Station, pad-printed in colour, with water, ice floes and an adult and a young penguin in the foreground and a mountain in the background, superimposed on an outline of Antarctica, that in turn is superimposed on a representation of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude radiating from the South Pole, with some areas shaded; and (e) the inscriptions: (i) ‘WR’; and (ii) ‘P’. |
215 | Reverse | R373 | A holey dollar comprising a silver annulus with a circular hole in the centre and a design consisting of a circle, immediately inside the rim, comprising representations of soccer players in action with soccer balls, that in turn surround the inscriptions: (a) ‘2006 FIFA WORLD CUP’; and (b) ‘GERMANY TM’. |
216 | Reverse | R374 | A circular dump with a design consisting of a representation of a soccer ball. |