Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 1)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 1)

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

Dated 5 March 2003

 

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 2003 (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 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

Not less than 99.9% silver

54.30 0.72

50.30

4.50

S1

E1

O33

R314

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

O33

A design consisting of:

 (a) a silver annulus with the inscriptions:

 (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’; and

 (iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’;

  surrounding a representation of a holey dollar, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:

 (iv) the inscriptions:

  (A) ‘CAROLUS IIII’; and

  (B) ‘DEI GRATIA’; and

 (v) design fragments;

  which in turn surround the inscriptions:

 (vi) ‘NEW SOU’; and

 (vii) ‘1813’; and

 (b) a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’; and

 

 

 

 (c) a representation of a dump, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:

 (i) the inscriptions:

  (A) ‘NEW SOUTH WALES’ and

  (B) ‘1813’; and

 (ii) an image of a crown;

  superimposed on the holey dollar, creating a crescent-shaped hole in the coin.

204

Reverse

R314

A design consisting of:

 (a) a silver annulus with the inscriptions:

 (i) ‘HOLEY DOLLAR AND DUMP’; and

 (ii) ‘1813’; and

 (iii) ‘Colony of New South Wales’;

  surrounding a representation of a holey dollar, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:

 (iv) the inscriptions:

  (A) ‘HISPAN ET’; and

  (B) ‘REX M 8R F M’; and

 (v) design fragments;

  that, in turn, surround the inscription ‘VE SHILLINGS’; and

 (b) a representation of a dump, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscription ‘FIFTEEN PENCE’, superimposed on the holey dollar, creating a crescent-shaped hole in the coin.

 

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