Under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, the Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law has made a determination regarding the specification of coins proposed to be issued by the Royal Australian Mint.
Subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965 requires that the determination provides details of the coins characteristics including standard composition, standard weight, allowable variation from standard weight, design and dimensions.
This determination is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 42 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (Subsection 13(6) and 13A (4) of the Currency Act 1965, Section 57 of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003).
The determination commences on the day after it is registered.
Item 1
| $1 Coin (2009 Silver $1 Proof Subscription Coin – The 1852 Adelaide Assay Office Gold Ingot) The obverse design features a replication of the obverse side of 1852 Adelaide Assay Office Gold Ingot in the centre with its original stamping. The obverse design also features the inscription ‘1852 Adelaide Assay Office Gold Ingot’. The obverse design is die numbered. The reverse design features a replication of the reverse side of 1852 Adelaide Assay Office Gold Ingot with the effects of the obverse stamping showing through; an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions ‘ELIZABETH II - AUSTRALIA 2009’; and ‘1 DOLLAR’. |
Item 2 | $5 Coin (2009 Silver $5 Proof International Polar Year 2007-2008 – Aurora Australis Coin) The obverse design features an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: ‘ELIZABETH II’; ‘AUSTRALIA 2009’; and ‘5 DOLLARS’. The reverse design features a map of Antarctica; the coordinates ‘0◦’, ‘90◦E’ and ‘90◦W’; the International Polar Year logo; a changing holographic representation of the Aurora Australis as a coloured background with a black silhouette of a ship and penguins and a landing party in the foreground. The silhouettes, on changing the angle of viewing, shows three figures and a flag in the foreground and then changes to two birds flying over land and sea. It incorporates the inscriptions: ‘AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY’; ‘INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR 2007–2008’; and ‘AURORA AUSTRALIS’. |