Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 2)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 1 February 2000
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 2)
made under the
Currency Act 1965
Contents
Page
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification of coins
4 Application of Determination
5 Amendment of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 5)
Schedule 1
Part 1 Specification of coins
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
Schedule 2 Amendments of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 5)
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 2).
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.
5 Amendment of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 5)1
Schedule 2 amends Currency Determination 1999 (No. 5).
Schedule 1
(section 3)
Part 1 Specification of coins
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |||||
Item | Denomination | Standard | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | |||||
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| (1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
101 | 50 cents | Not less than 99.9% silver | 18.24 ± 0.400 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O20 | R228 | |
102 | 50 cents | Copper and nickel | 15.55 ± 0.400 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O20 | R228 | |
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
Item | Design Feature | Symbol | Explanation |
201 | Shape | S3 | Dodecahedral |
202 | Edge | E4 | Plain |
203 | Obverse | O20 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘G’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’. |
204 | Reverse | R228 | A representation of the Australian flag flying from the mast head of new Parliament House, Canberra, above: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘50’; and (ii) ‘ROYAL VISIT’; and (iii) ‘2000’; and (b) a representation of St Edward’s Crown. |
Schedule 2 Amendments of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 5)
(section 5)
[1] Schedule 1, item 233
omit
1797 two penny Britannia copper coin,
insert
1797 Britannia copper coin,
[2] Schedule 1, item 233, paragraph (c)
substitute
(c) ‘The Cartwheel Penny’.
Note
1. Made by the Minister for Financial Services and Regulation on 28 September 1999, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 October 1999.