Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 5)
I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 29 July 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. 5).
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 Schedule 1 to 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 | Standard weight and allowable variation (g) | Dimensions | Design | |||||
(1) | (2) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||
101 | $5 | Not less than 99.9% silver | 36.31 ± 0.64 | 38.90 | 3.50 | S1 | E1 | O38 | R322 | |
102 | $10 | Not less than 99.9% silver with a central ring of silver, plated with gold of not less than 99.99% | 60.50 ± 0.80 | 50.10 | 3.80 | S1 | E1 | O39 | R323 | |
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 | O38 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’; and (c) ‘FIVE DOLLARS’. |
204 | Obverse | O39 | A design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, surrounding: (a) the inscriptions: (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’; and (b) an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’; that, in turn, surround a wreath of wattle leaves underneath a gold-plated representation of the obverse of the 1853 Sydney Mint sovereign pattern coin, comprising an effigy of Queen Victoria surrounded by the inscriptions: (c) ‘VICTORIA’; and (d) ‘D:G:’; and (e) ‘BRITANNIAR:’; and (f) ‘REGINA’; and (g) ‘F:D:’; and (h) ‘1853’. |
205 | Reverse | R322 | A design consisting of a holographic representation of the faces of three Australians that, on changing the angle of viewing, turns into a representation, in colour, of volunteer-associated equipment or images, being a hard hat, fire hose, flames, SES tape, red cross, a twig of the Wollemi pine, a figure cradling a child and a life saving flag, surrounded by a representation of a struck design of an interlocking jigsaw, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘AUSTRALIA’S VOLUNTEERS’; and (b) ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE’. |
206 | Reverse | R323 | A design comprising: (a) a wreath of wattle leaves tied with a ribbon; and (b) the inscription ‘1853 SYDNEY 2003’; surrounding the inscriptions: (c) ‘MINT PATTERN’; and (d) ‘TEN DOLLARS’; that, in turn, surround a gold plated representation of the reverse of the Sydney Mint pattern sovereign coin, comprising a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, surrounding the inscriptions: (e) ‘SYDNEY MINT’; and (f) ‘ONE SOVEREIGN’; that, in turn, surround a wreath of wattle leaves tied with a ribbon, surmounted by a crown, that in turn surrounds the inscription ‘AUSTRALIA’. |