Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 5)
I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 7 July 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. 5).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Specification of coins
(1) For subsection 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.
(2) A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is not circular, a reference to the distance between two parallel faces of the edge of the coin.
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 | 5c coin |
Denomination | 5c |
Standard composition | Copper and nickel |
Standard weight and | 2.83g ± 0.13g |
Maximum diameter | 19.53mm |
Maximum thickness | 1.55mm |
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 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of an echidna; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘5’; (ii) ‘SD’. |
Item 2 | 10c coin |
Denomination | 10c |
Standard composition | Copper and nickel |
Standard weight and | 5.65g ± 0.20g |
Maximum diameter | 23.72mm |
Maximum thickness | 1.98mm |
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 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a lyrebird; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘10’; (ii) ‘SD’. |
Item 3 | 20c coin |
Denomination | 20c |
Standard composition | Copper and nickel |
Standard weight and | 11.30g ± 0.33g |
Maximum diameter | 28.65mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.52mm |
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 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a soldier, a woman and a child; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 COMING HOME’; (ii) ‘20’. |
Item 4 | 50c coin |
Denomination | 50c |
Standard composition | Copper and nickel |
Standard weight and | 15.55g ± 0.40g |
Maximum diameter | 31.65mm |
Maximum thickness | 2.80mm |
Shape | Dodecagonal |
Edge | Plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of: (i) a cemetery with 3 crosses; and (ii) a Minister of Religion; and (iii) 4 soldiers; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 REMEMBRANCE’; (ii) ‘FIFTY CENTS’. |
Item 5 | $1 coin |
Denomination | $1 |
Standard composition | Copper, aluminium and nickel |
Standard weight and | 9.00g ± 0.28g |
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 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of a man dancing, with a hat held in his hand and his shadow; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) ‘WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 PEACE’; (ii) ‘1 DOLLAR’. |
Item 6 | $2 coin |
Denomination | $2 |
Standard composition | Copper, aluminium and nickel |
Standard weight and | 6.60g ± 0.26g |
Maximum diameter | 20.62mm |
Maximum thickness | 3.00mm |
Shape | Circular |
Edge | 8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain |
Obverse design | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’ surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2005’. |
Reverse design | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of an Aboriginal elder; and (b) a representation of the Southern Cross constellation; and (c) a grasstree; and (d) the inscription ‘2 DOLLARS’. |