Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 7)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 7)

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

Dated 19 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. 7).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coins

 (1) 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.

 (2) A reference in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is not circular, a reference to the distance between 2 parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

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 and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R239

102

$1

Not less than 99.9% silver

11.66  0.240

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R240

103

$1

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 ± 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O22

R241

104

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R242

105

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R243

106

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R244

107

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R245

108

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R246

109

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R247

110

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R248

111

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R249

112

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R250

113

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R251

114

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R252

115

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O22

R253

116

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.15

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R254

117

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.15

2.80

S1

E3

O22

R255

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

S1

Circular

202

Shape

S3

Dodecahedral

203

Edge

E1

Continuously milled

204

Edge

E3

14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

205

Edge

E4

Plain

206

Obverse

O22

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

(b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’.

207

Reverse

R239

A representation of the Rising Sun badge of the Australian Army above the inscription ‘1901 - 2001’, surrounded by:

(a) the inscriptions:

 (i) ‘CENTENARY OF THE ARMY’; and

 (ii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and

(b) as a mint mark, the letter ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘M’ or ‘S’.

208

Reverse

R240

A representation of the Rising Sun badge of the Australian Army above the inscription ‘1901 - 2001’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF THE ARMY’; and

(b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

209

Reverse

R241

The inscriptions ‘1 OUNCE FINE SILVER’ and ‘ONE DOLLAR’, superimposed on an artist’s representation, in traditional Australian Aboriginal style, of a kangaroo set against a background composed of a series of small circles.

210

Reverse

R242

A representation of the coat of arms of Australia, printed in colour, surrounded by the inscription ‘50’.

211

Reverse

R243

A representation of the coat of arms of Australia, surrounded by the inscription ‘50’.

212

Reverse

R244

A representation of the Centenary of Federation logo, printed in colour, surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901 - 2001’; and

(c) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

213

Reverse

R245

A representation of the Centenary of Federation logo surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901 - 2001’; and

(c) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

214

Reverse

R246

A representation of the coat of arms of New South Wales surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘NEW SOUTH WALES’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

215

Reverse

R247

A representation of the coat of arms of Victoria surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘VICTORIA’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

216

Reverse

R248

A representation of the coat of arms of Queensland surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘QUEENSLAND’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

217

Reverse

R249

A representation of the coat of arms of Western Australia surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘WESTERN AUSTRALIA’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

218

Reverse

R250

A representation of the coat of arms of South Australia surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

219

Reverse

R251

A representation of the coat of arms of Tasmania surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘TASMANIA’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

220

Reverse

R252

A representation of the coat of arms of the Australian Capital Territory surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

221

Reverse

R253

A representation of the coat of arms of the Northern Territory surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and

(b) ‘1901’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘NORTHERN TERRITORY’; and

(e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’.

222

Reverse

R254

A representation of the badge of the Royal Australian Airforce surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE’; and

(b) ‘1921’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

223

Reverse

R255

A representation of the badge of the Royal Australian Navy surrounded by the inscriptions:

(a) ‘ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY’; and

(b) ‘1911’; and

(c) ‘2001’; and

(d) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

 

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