Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 1)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 8 March 2001
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 2001 (No. 1).
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) The reference in item 110 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is 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 | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | ||||
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101 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R260 |
102 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R261 |
103 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R262 |
104 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R263 |
105 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R264 |
106 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O26 | R265 |
107 | 20c | Copper and nickel | 11.30 0.33 | 28.65 | 2.52 | S1 | E4 | O22 | R266 |
108 | $1 | Copper, nickel and aluminium | 9.00 0.28 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O22 | R267 |
109 | 20c | Copper and nickel | 11.30 0.33 | 28.65 | 2.52 | S1 | E4 | O22 | R268 |
110 | 50c | Copper and nickel | 15.55 0.40 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O22 | R269 |
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 | Obverse | O26 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’; 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’. |
208 | Reverse | R260 | A design consisting of a pictorial representation of Charles Kingston, Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin, superimposed on a design that includes a circular shape, a series of horizontal lines and the inscriptions: (a) ‘KINGSTON’; and (b) ‘BARTON’; and (c) ‘DEAKIN’; and (d) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
209 | Reverse | R261 | A design consisting of a pictorial representation of George Reid, John Forrest and John Quick, superimposed on a design that includes a semi-circular shape, a series of horizontal lines and the inscriptions: (a) ‘REID’; and (b) ‘FORREST’; and (c) ‘QUICK’; and (d) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
210 | Reverse | R262 | A design consisting of a pictorial representation of Andrew Inglis Clark, Henry Parkes and Samuel Griffith, superimposed on a design that includes a semi-circular shape, a series of horizontal and vertical lines, and the inscriptions: (a) ‘CLARK’; and (b) ‘PARKES’; and (c) ‘GRIFFITH’; and (d) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
211 | Reverse | R263 | A design consisting of a pictorial representation of G .H. Reid and J. Barton, superimposed on a design that includes a series of circular and elliptical shapes, and the inscriptions: (a) ‘G. H. REID; and (b) ‘J. BARTON’; and (c) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
212 | Reverse | R264 | A design consisting of a pictorial representation of C. H. Spence, M. S. Anderson and E .W. Nicholls, superimposed on a design that includes a circle bearing a star-shaped design surrounded by a series of elliptical shapes, and the inscriptions: (a) ‘C. H. SPENCE’; and (b) ‘M. S. ANDERSON’; and (c) ‘E. W. NICHOLLS’; and (d) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
213 | Reverse | R265 | A design consisting of the names of the members of the Ladies’ Committee of the People’s Representative Committee in Bathurst, arranged in a circular fashion around a circle bearing a star-shaped design surrounded by a series of elliptical shapes, and the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS. The names of the members of the Committee appear as a series of inscriptions set out as follows: ‘ ‘MRS. BRUFORD – MRS. HURST – MRS. G. THOMPSON – MRS. WILLMAN – MRS. G. E. MACHATTIE – MRS. T. A. MACHATTIE – MISS. FOLEY – MRS. EDGLEY – MRS. MARRIOTT – MRS. PITTENDRIGH – MRS. HULKS – MISS. MEAGHER – MISS. BASSETT – MRS. HAWKINS – MRS. M. MEAGHER – MRS. WHITELAW’. |
214 | Reverse | R266 | A design consisting of: (a) an artist’s impression of a gecko on desert sand; and (b) an artist’s impression of: (i) human footprints on sand; and (ii) the marks made by a person walking on sand wearing shoes; and (iii) a computer chip; and (iv) the hour and minute hands of a clock; and (c) a representation of a series of radiating lines; and (d) the inscriptions: (i) ‘20’; and (ii) ‘QUEENSLAND’; and (iii) ‘1901’; and (iv) ‘2001’; and (v) the monogram ‘JG’. |
215 | Reverse | R267 | A design consisting of a representation of the official logo for the International Year of Volunteers, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘2001’; and (b) ‘International Year of Volunteers’; and (c) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
216 | Reverse | R268 | A design consisting of an artist’s impression of a Norfolk Island pine tree superimposed on a representation of the shape of Norfolk Island, surrounded by: (a) an artist’s impression of the sun, a seagull, an anchor, a fish and a ship at sea, linked by pieces of ribbon; and (b) the inscriptions: (i) ‘NORFOLK ISLAND – 2001’; and (ii) ‘20 CENTS’; and (iii) ‘100 YEARS FEDERATION’; and (c) the monogram ‘MC’. |
217 | Reverse | R269 | A design consisting of a representation of the coat of arms of Norfolk Island, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and (b) ‘1901’; and (c) ‘2001’; and (d) ‘Norfolk Island’; and (e) ‘FIFTY CENTS’. |