Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 10)
I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 17 October 2004
ROSS CAMERON
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specifications of coin
4 Application of Determination
Schedule 1 Specifications of coin
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 10).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Specifications of coin
For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, Schedule 1 specifies:
(a) the denomination of a coin; and
(b) the coin’s standard composition; and
(c) the coin’s standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and
(d) the coin’s dimensions; and
(e) the coin’s design.
4 Application of Determination
The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.
Schedule 1 Specifications of coin
(section 3)
Item 1 | $5 coin |
Denomination | $5 |
Standard composition | Aluminium, zinc, bronze and tin |
Standard weight and | 20.00g ± 0.50g |
Maximum diameter | 38.90mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.65mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | Fully milled |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2005’; and (c) ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of: (i) a tennis player on a stylised tennis court; and (ii) a city skyline; and (b) the inscription ‘1905 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2005’. |