Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 1)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 1)

I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 14 February 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

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 2002 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coins

  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.

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

Not less than 99.9% silver with 2 inserts of not less than 99.99% gold

32.07 0.52 g

40.10

3.50

S1

E3

O27

R291

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

Obverse

O27

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

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’.

204

Reverse

R291

A design consisting of:

 (a) a representation of the front portico of the Melbourne Mint; and

 (b) 2 gold inserts, each representing the reverse of a sovereign coin dated 1872; and

 (c) the inscriptions:

 (i) ‘MELBOURNE MINT’; and

 (ii) ‘1872’; and

 (iii) ‘2002’; and

 (iv) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

 

 

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