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Currency Determination No. 7 of 1998

Authoritative Version
No. 7 of 1998 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 28 Apr 2008
Gazetted 25 Nov 1998

I, PETER HOWARD COSTELLO, Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 18 November 1998.

 

PETER COSTELLO

Treasurer


Currency Determination No. 7 of 19981

made under the

 

 

Contents

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                        1     Name of determination                                                    

                        2     Commencement                                                             

                        3     Specification of coins                                                      

                        4     Application of determination                                             

Schedule 1                                                                                                  

Part 1                      Specifications of coins                                                    

Part 2                      Explanation of symbols                                                   

 


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1              Name of determination

                This determination is Currency Determination No. 7 of 1998.

2              Commencement

                This determination commences on gazettal.

3              Specification of coins

                This determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

4              Application of determination

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


Schedule 1                  

 (section 3)

 

                                             Part 1        Specifications of coins

 

Column 1

Column 2

 

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Column 6

 

Item

 

Denomination

 

Standard

composition

 

Standard weight and allowable variation (g)

 

Dimensions

 

Design

 

 

 

 

(1)
Diameter
(mm)

(2)
Thickness
(mm)

(1)
Shape

(2)
Edge

(3)
Obverse

(4)
Reverse

101

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O11

R119

102

$1

99.9% silver

11.66 ± 0.240

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O11

R120

103

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.280

25.12

2.80

S1

E3

O11

R121

104

$1

99.9% silver

31.635± 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O11

R123

105

$10

99.9% silver

20.77± 0.500

34.10

2.90

S1

E4

O11

R124

106

$10

99.9% silver

20.77 ± 0.500

34.10

2.90

S1

E4

O11

R125

107

$10

92.5% silver, 7.5% copper

20.00 ± 0.500

34.10

2.90

S1

E1

O5

R126

108

$10

92.5% silver, 7.5% copper

40.00 ± 0.500

34.10

5.10

S1

E1

O5

R126

 

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

S1

Circular.

202

Edge

E1

Continuous milled.

203

Edge

E3

14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain.

204

Edge

E4

Plain.

205

Obverse

O5

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

       (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

         (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 1998’.

206

Obverse

O11

An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

          (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

         (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 1999’.

207

Reverse

R119

The inscriptions:

          (a)   ‘towards a society for all ages’; and

         (b)   ‘International Year of Older Persons’;

immediately inside the rim, surrounding a circle, that in turn surrounds a representation of the United Nations International Year of Older Persons logo, and the inscriptions:

          (c)   ‘Australia 1999’; and

         (d)   ‘1 DOLLAR’.

208

Reverse

R120

A representation of an Australian ANZAC soldier, and:

          (a)   the inscriptions:

                    (i)      ‘1 DOLLAR’; and

                   (ii)      ‘THE LAST ANZACS’; and

         (b)   the monogram ‘WP’.

209

Reverse

R121

A representation of an Australian ANZAC soldier, and:

          (a)   the inscriptions:

                    (i)      ‘1 DOLLAR’; and

                   (ii)      ‘THE LAST ANZACS’; and

         (b)   the monogram ‘WP’; and

          (c)   the letter:

                    (i)      ‘C’; or

                   (ii)      ‘M’; or

                  (iii)      ‘A’; or

                  (iv)      ‘S’; or

              (v)      ‘B’.

210

Reverse

R123

A representation of 2 kangaroos in the sitting position, and:

          (a)   the inscription ‘C’; and

         (b)   the monogram ‘WP’;

surrounded by the inscriptions:

          (c)   ‘1 OUNCE FINE SILVER’; and

         (d)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’.

211

Reverse

R124

A representation of a tunnel‑construction scene, and the monogram ‘G’, surrounded by the inscriptions:

          (a)   ‘THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME’; and

         (b)   ‘10 DOLLARS’.

212

Reverse

R125

A representation of a mountain dam scene, and the monogram ‘G’, all enclosed in a circle, surrounded by the inscriptions:

          (a)   ‘THE SNOWY MOUNTAINS SCHEME’; and

         (b)   ‘10 DOLLARS’.

213

Reverse

R126

A representation of the northern hairy‑nosed wombat, and:

          (a)   the inscriptions:

                    (i)      ‘10 DOLLARS’;  and

                   (ii)      ‘NORTHERN HAIRY‑NOSED WOMBAT’; and

         (b)   the monogram ‘G’.