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Currency Determination No. 3 of 1999

Authoritative Version
No. 3 of 1999 Determinations/Currency as made
This Determination sets out the specifications and designs of certain coins.
Administered by: Treasury
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Registered 28 Apr 2008

Currency Determination 1999 (No. 3)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 25 August 1999.


JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

 


Currency Determination 1999 (No. 3)

made under the

 

 

 

Contents

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                        1  Name of Determination                                                       3

                        2  Commencement                                                                3

                        3  Specification of coins                                                         3

                        4  Application of Determination                                                3

Schedule 1                                                                                                   4

Part 1                      Specifications of coins                                                     4

Part 2                      Explanation of symbols                                                    4

 


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1              Name of Determination

                This Determination is the Currency Determination 1999 (No. 3).

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 (and, if relevant, nominal weight in ounces or kilograms)

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    

$20

Bi‑metallic:

(a)  centre piece — 99.99% gold

(b)  surround — 99.9% silver

13.40 ± 0.500

32.00

1.14

S1

E1

O13

R182

102    

$1
(1 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.635 ± 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R183

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

Milled

203

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 or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’, ‘DOLLARS’ or ‘CENTS’, as the case requires;

that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.

204

Obverse

O13

A silver annulus bearing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

(b)      ‘AUSTRALIA’; and

(c)      ‘20 DOLLARS’;

that, in turn, surround a gold disc bearing an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.

205

Reverse

R182

A silver annulus bearing a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

(a)      ‘THIRD MILLENNIUM FIRST DAY’; and

(b)      ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround a gold disc bearing:

(c)      a satellite depiction of the Earth with:

          (i)      the area to the left of the dateline in gold representing 1 January 2000, featuring the city of Gisborne in New Zealand, as the first official Millennium city, with a dot and its name; and

          (ii)     the area to the right of the dateline pad‑printed to represent 31 December 1999; and

(d)      the inscription ‘P’.

206

Reverse

R183

A circle, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscription:

             ‘AUSTRALIA 2000 1oz . 999 SILVER’;

that, in turn, surrounds a depiction of the Earth in conjunction with the Sun and the Moon. The Earth is depicted as a pad‑printed gold insert with the Moon in the foreground and a silhouette of the Sun pad‑printed in the background.