Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 6)
I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 12 July 2004
ROSS CAMERON
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification 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. 6).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.
3 Specification of coin
(1) For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, the 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 the 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 coin
(section 3)
Item 1 | 50c coin |
Denomination | 50c |
Standard composition | Not less than 99.9% silver |
Standard weight and | 18.24g ± 0.4g |
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 representation of a drawing of: (a) a koala holding onto a gum tree; and (b) a lorikeet with its wings outstretched; and (c) a wombat; and (d) the number ‘50’. |