Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 26 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. 8).
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
This Determination does 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 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 20.30 0.50 | 34.10 | 2.90 | S1 | E1 | O15 | R256 | |
102 | $10 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 312.347 1.00 | 75.50 | 8.70 | S1 | E9 | O15 | R257 | |
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 | E9 | Plain edge with two inscriptions, being ‘GAMES OF THE XI PARALYMPIAD’ and ‘10 oz 999 SILVER’ evenly spread and separated by two images of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee logo, to read with the reverse of the coin facing up. |
204 | Obverse | O15 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by: (a) the inscriptions ‘ELIZABETH II’ and ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’; and (b) an inscription stating in Arabic numerals the amount in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’ or ‘DOLLARS’. |
205 | Reverse | R256 | A representation of the design used on the obverse of the Victory Medals for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, comprising: (a) the official logo of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee and the official logo of the International Paralympic Committee, against a background of intertwined ribbons and medal shapes; and (b) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC SUMMER GAMES SYDNEY 2000’. |
206 | Reverse | R257 | A representation of the design used on the reverse of the Victory Medals for the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, comprising an image of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House, surrounded by images of sporting venues used in the Paralympic Games. |