Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3)

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

Dated 2 May 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

 1 Name of Determination 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Specification of coins 

 4 Application of Determination 

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins 

Part 1 Specifications 

Part 2 Explanation of symbols 

 


 

 

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3).

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 the item 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 the item.

4 Application of Determination

  This Determination does not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

(section 3)

Part 1 Specifications

 

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

$5

At least 99.99% silver

31.635 ± 0.50

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O30

R302

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

O30

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

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’; and

 (c) ‘5 DOLLARS’.

204

Reverse

R302

A representation of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother sitting on a chair and holding a pair of binoculars, surrounded by:

 (a) a ring of roses and wattle blossoms; and

 (b) the inscription ‘THE QUEEN MOTHER 1900 – 2002’.

 

 

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