Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 5)

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

Dated 3 October 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  

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. 5).

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

  The specifications in this Determination do affect any other Determination of the specification 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

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O32

R308

102

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O32

R309

103

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55  0.400

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O32

R310

104

20c

Copper and nickel

11.30  0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E1

O32

R311

105

$1

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635  0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O32

R312

106

50c

Copper, aluminium and nickel

14.09  0.30

31.65

2.80

S3

E4

O32

R306

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

O32

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

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’.

207

Reverse

R308

A representation of the outline of Australia within which are the words ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

 (a) ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’; and

 (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

208

Reverse

R309

A representation of the outline of Australia in colour within which are the words ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

 (a) ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’; and

 (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

209

Reverse

R310

A representation of a collage of lines and designs consisting of a firefighter hosing flames, a lifesaver, a knife and fork on a plate, two beds with a person sleeping in each bed, various articles of clothing, a plant protected by two hands, a baby being cradled, a house, three athletes and a design of a series of emergency tapes, all surrounding:

 (a) the inscription ‘AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS’; and

 (b) a depiction of a group of three people supporting each other;

that, in turn, surround the inscription ‘50’.

210

Reverse

R311

A representation of a group of human faces, and the inscription ‘20’, surrounded by the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS - MAKING A DIFFERENCE’.

211

Reverse

R312

A representation of an aboriginal design of a kangaroo, with a horizon and image of the sun in the background, and the inscriptions:

 (a) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and

 (b) ‘1 OUNCE OF FINE SILVER’.

212

Reverse

R306

A design made up of:

 (a) a left panel showing a representation of the seven-pointed Federation Star and the inscription ‘1953’; and

 (b) a centre panel showing a representation of the St Edward’s Crown, and the inscriptions:

 (i) ‘EIIR’; and

 (ii) ‘50’; and

 (c) a right panel showing a representation of a sprig of wattle and the inscription ‘2003’;

surrounded by the inscriptions:

 (d) ‘CORONATION ELIZABETH II’; and

 (e) ‘FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY’.

 

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