Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 4)
I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsections 13 (2) and 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 9 June 2004
ROSS CAMERON
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification of coins
4 Application of Determination
Schedule 1 Specifications of coins
1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 4).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Specification of coins
For subsections 13 (2) and 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in 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 coins
(section 3)
Item 1 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 5.60g ± 0.15g |
Maximum diameter | 21.40mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.10mm |
Shape | Heptagon |
Edge | Plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’; and (c) ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of a lion in profile holding seals; and (b) the inscription ‘TESTING R. AUST. MINT’. |
Item 2 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 5.79g ± 0.16g |
Maximum diameter | 23.80mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.00mm |
Shape | Scalloped |
Edge | Plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in traditional Australian Aboriginal style, of 5 kangaroos against a background of elongated dots; and (b) the inscription ‘ONE DOLLAR’. |
Item 3 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 11.66g ± 0.24g |
Maximum diameter | 25.12mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.80mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a wombat; and (b) the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’. |
Item 4 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 11.66g ± 0.24g |
Maximum diameter | 25.12mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.80mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of an Australian swagman; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘A.B.“BANJO” PATTERSON’; (ii) ‘1 DOLLAR’; (iii) ‘Waltzing Matilda’; (iv) ‘1895’; (v) ‘1995’. |
Item 5 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 11.66g ± 0.24g |
Maximum diameter | 25.12mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.80mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) 4 representations of an Australian $1 dollar note, progressively reduced in size; and (b) a representation of the reverse of an Australian $1 dollar coin superimposed on the Australian $1 dollar note; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘1984’; (ii) ‘1994’. |
Item 6 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 31.635g ± 0.50g |
Maximum diameter | 40.15mm |
Maximum thickness | 3.50mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | Continuously milled |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of 5 kangaroos; and (b) the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’. |
Item 7 | $150 coin |
Denomination | $150 |
Standard composition | At least 99.99% gold |
Standard weight and | 10.368g ± 0.100g |
Maximum diameter | 25.10mm |
Maximum thickness | 1.50mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | Continuously milled |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a lawyer vine (calamus muelleri); and (b) a representation of a cassowary superimposed on the representation of a lawyer vine; and (c) the inscription ‘150 DOLLARS’. |
Item 8 | $200 coin |
Denomination | $200 |
Standard composition | At least 99.9% gold |
Standard weight and | 15.792g ± 0.240g |
Maximum diameter | 30.10mm |
Maximum thickness | 1.80mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | Continuously milled |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2004’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a lawyer vine (calamus muelleri); and (b) a representation of a cassowary superimposed on the representation of a lawyer vine; and (c) the inscription ‘200 DOLLARS’. |