Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 5)

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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

 Page

 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
composition

Standard weight and allowable variation (g)

Dimensions

Design

 

 

 

 

(1)
Diameter
(mm)

(2)
Thickness
(mm)

(1)
Shape

(2)
Edge

(3)
Obverse

(4)
Reverse

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’.

 

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