Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 7)

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 7)

I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) and paragraph 14 (2) (b) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 15 October 2003

ROSS CAMERON

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 coin 

Part 2 Explanation of symbols 

 

 

 

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 7).

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 specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1    

(section 3)

Part 1 Specifications of coin

 

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) max.

(2)
Thickness
(mm)
max.

(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

R330

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

S1

Circular

202

Edge

E3

14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

203

Obverse

O32

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

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2003’.

204

Reverse

R330

A representation of a Women’s Suffrage Banner, painted by Dora Meeson, and the inscriptions:

 (a) ‘CENTENARY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE’; and

 (b) ‘1 DOLLAR’.

 

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