Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 7 September 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 the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 6).

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

$1

Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin

9.00 0.28

25.10 

2.80

S1

E7

O14

R238

102

$1

Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin

9.00 0.28

25.10 

2.80

S1

E8

O14

R238

 

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

S1

Circular

202

Edge

E7

Plain edge with the inscription ‘SYDNEY’, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.

203

Edge

E8

Plain edge with the inscription ‘CANBERRA’, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.

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

Reverse

R238

A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising:

(a) the inscription ‘XXVII OLYMPIAD’; and

(b) a representation of the Olympic rings, and the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’, superimposed on an artist’s representation of the Sydney Opera House and the adjacent waters of Sydney Harbour.

 

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