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Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997

Authoritative Version
No. 2 of 1997 Determinations/Currency as made
This Determination sets out the specifications and design of certain coins.
Administered by: Treasury
Exempt from sunsetting by the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 s12 item 20
Registered 14 Apr 2008
Gazetted 30 Apr 1997

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997

I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 18 April 1997.

 

 

 

C.R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

____________

 

Citation

          1.   This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 2 of 1997.

Commencement

          2.   This Determination commences on 21 April 1997.

Specifications of a coin

          3.   This Determination specifies, in relation to a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the dimensions and the designs respectively set out in columns 3, 4 and 5 of that Part.

Application of Determination

          4.   This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

 

 

 

 

                                     SCHEDULE                                                            Clause 3

PART 1—SPECIFICATIONS OF A COIN

 

Column 1

 

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

 

Denom‑

ination

 

Standard

composition

 

Standard weight

 

Dimensions

 

Design

 

 

and allowable

variation (g)

(1)

Diameter

(mm)

(2)

Thickness

(mm)

(1)

Shape

(2)

Edge

(3)

Obverse

(4)

Reverse

       $1

Not less 99.9% silver

31.635 ± 0.50

      40.60

        4.00

S1

E1

O1

R38

 

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

 

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

Shape

S1

Circular

 

Edge

E1

 

Milled

 

Obverse

O1

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:

                      (a)     the inscriptions:

                                   (i)     “ELIZABETH II”; and

                                  (ii)     “AUSTRALIA”; and

                     (b)     an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word “DOLLAR”;

that, in turn, surround an effigy of the Queen.

Reverse

R38

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

                      (a)     “THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1OZ. 999 SILVER”; and

                     (b)     “1997”;

that, in turn, surround:

                      (c)     a representation of a kookaburra and young in the hollow of a tree; and

                     (d)     a smaller circle enclosing, in gold cameo, a representation of the design of the reverse of the Japanese 1871 gold 20 yen coin.