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 | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | |||||
(1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
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’. |