Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 2)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 8th 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 in column 6 of Part 1
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 2).
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 | $2 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 16.03 0.15 | 20.62 | 3.00 | S1 | E2 | O22 | R269 | |
102 | $1 | Not less than 99.99% gold | 21.70 0.18 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O22 | R270 | |
103 | 50c | Not less than 99.99% gold | 33.88 0.25 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O22 | R271 | |
104 | 20c | Not less than 99.99% gold | 24.56 0.20 | 28.65 | 2.52 | S1 | E1 | O22 | R272 | |
105 | 10c | Not less than 99.99% gold | 12.29 0.15 | 23.72 | 1.98 | S1 | E1 | O22 | R273 | |
106 | 5c | Not less than 99.99% gold | 6.13 0.10 | 19.53 | 1.55 | S1 | E1 | O22 | R274 | |
Part 2 Explanation of symbols in column 6 of Part 1
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 | E2 | 8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain |
206 | Edge | E4 | Plain |
207 | Obverse | O22 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’. |
208 | Reverse | R269 | A representation of: (a) an Aboriginal elder; and (b) the Southern Cross constellation; and (c) a ‘grass tree’; and (d) the inscription ‘2 DOLLARS’. |
209 | Reverse | R270 | A representation of the Centenary of Federation logo, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; and (b) ‘1901–2001’; and (c) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
210 | Reverse | R271 | A representation of the coat of arms of Australia, with the inscription ‘50’ . |
211 | Reverse | R272 | A representation of a platypus with circles and semi circles to represent water ripples, with the inscription ‘20’. |
212 | Reverse | R273 | A representation of a lyrebird with the inscription ‘10’. |
213 | Reverse | R274 | A representation of an echidna, with the inscription ‘5’. |