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
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
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 | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | ||||
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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. |