Currency (Royal Australian Mint)Determination 2000 (No. 5)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 9 June 2000
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
Contents
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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
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1 Name of Determination
This Determination is Currency (Royal Australian Mint)
Determination 2000 (No. 5).
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 | Standard | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | ||||
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101 | $100 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 10.021 0.020 | 25.10 | 2.40 | S1 | E1 | O15 | R235 |
102 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 0.50 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E4 | O14 | R236 |
103 | $5 | Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin | 20.00 0.50 | 38.90 | 2.65 | S1 | E1 | O14 | R237 |
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 | Edge | E4 | Plain |
204 | Obverse | O14 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’. |
205 | 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’. |
206 | Reverse | R235 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising: (a) a representation of part of an athletic track; and (b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and (c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’; superimposed on an artist’s representation of the world. |
207 | Reverse | R236 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising: (a) an artist’s representation of an athlete in a wheel chair with right hand on top of a ball and left hand holding a wheel of the chair, superimposed on straight and circular lines; and (b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and (c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’; and (d) the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
208 | Reverse | R237 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising (a) an artist’s representation of an athlete in a wheel chair racing on an athletic track; and (b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and (c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’; and (d) the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS’. |