Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2001 (No. 4)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 20 September 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. 4).
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 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 0.280 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O27 | R281 | |
102 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 0.280 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O27 | R282 | |
103 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 0.280 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O27 | R283 | |
104 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 11.66 0.240 | 25.12 | 2.80 | S1 | E3 | O27 | R282 | |
105 | $1 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 31.635 0.500 | 40.60 | 4.00 | S1 | E1 | O27 | R284 | |
106 | 50c | Copper and nickel | 15.55 0.400 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O27 | R285 | |
107 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 ± 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O28 | R286 | |
108 | $5 | Austenitic stainless steel, copper, aluminium, and nickel | 10.60 0.50 | 28.12 | 2.60 | S2 | E4 | O27 | R287 | |
109 | $5 | Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin | 28.00 0.80 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O27 | R288 | |
110 | 50c | Copper and nickel | 15.55 0.400 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O27 | R289 | |
111 | 50c | Not less than 99.9% silver | 18.24 0.40 | 31.65 | 2.80 | S3 | E4 | O27 | R289 | |
112 | $100 | Not less than 99.9% gold | 31.40 0.20 | 34.10 | 2.80 | S1 | E1 | O27 | R290 | |
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 | O27 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’. |
207 | Obverse | O28 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the following inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2001’; (c) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
208 | Reverse | R281 | A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, surrounded by: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and (ii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and (b) the monogram ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘M’ or ‘S’. |
209 | Reverse | R282 | A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
210 | Reverse | R283 | A representation of the Year of the Outback logo, pad-printed in colour, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘2002 Year of the Outback’; and (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
211 | Reverse | R284 | A representation of a kangaroo set against a background of wavy lines, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘1 OUNCE SILVER’; and (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
212 | Reverse | R285 | A representation of a windmill, and the inscription ‘50 CENTS’. |
213 | Reverse | R286 | A holographic representation of the Federation Rotunda which, on changing the angle of viewing, turns into a representation of a map of Australia, both in colour, surrounded by an array of shooting stars, and the following inscriptions: (a) ‘CENTENARY OF FEDERATION’; (b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; (c) ‘1901 – 2001’; (d) ‘ITS WHAT WE MAKE IT’ (repeated three times). |
214 | Reverse | R287 | A representation of the ship’s bell of the USS Houston, surrounded by the following inscriptions: (a) ‘BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT’; (b) ‘1942’; (c) ‘2002’; (d) ‘USS HOUSTON’; (e) ‘HMAS PERTH’; (f) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
215 | Reverse | R288 | Representations of the USS Houston and the HMAS Perth, surrounded by the following inscriptions: (a) ‘BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT 1942’; (b) ‘USS HOUSTON’; (c) ‘HMAS PERTH’; (d) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
216 | Reverse | R289 | Representations of the St Edwards Crown and the seven-pointed Federation Star, and the following inscriptions: (a) ‘2002’; (b) ‘1952’; (c) ‘EIIR’; (d) ‘GEORGE VI’; (e) ‘ELIZABETH II ACCESSION’; (f) ‘FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY’; (g) ‘50’. |
217 | Reverse | R290 | Representations of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman, a silhouette of King George VI and the St Edwards Crown, and the following inscriptions: (a) ‘EIIR’; (b) ‘GVI+’; (c) ‘ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH II’; (d) ‘50TH ANNIVERSARY’; (e) ‘1952 – 2002’; (f) ‘100 DOLLARS’. |