Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 1)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 21 January 2000.
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 1)
made under the
Currency Act 1965
Contents
Page
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification of coins
4 Application of Determination
Schedule 1
Part 1 Specification of coins
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 1).
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
This Determination does 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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| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
101 | $30 (1kg) | Not less than 99.9% silver | 1002.502 ± 1.500 | 101.00 | 14.60 | S1 | E6 | O15 | R227 | |
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item | Design Feature | Symbol | Explanation |
201 | Shape | S1 | Circular |
202 | Edge | E6 | Plain edge with the inscriptions ‘1 KILO 999 SILVER’ and ‘GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD’ evenly spaced around the edge, with each inscription followed by an image of the Sydney 2000 Games ‘Millennium Man’ logo, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up. |
203 | Obverse | O15 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’; and (b) an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLARS’. |
204 | Reverse | R227 | A circle, immediately inside the rim, comprising depictions of athletes participating in various Olympic sports, superimposed on a representation of flames that, in turn, surround a representation of the Sydney 2000 Olympic logo printed in Olympic colours. |