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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 1)

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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 30 Jan 2012
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR07-Feb-2012
Tabled Senate07-Feb-2012

I, MARK ARBIB, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated  19 January 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARK ARBIB

Assistant Treasurer


1              Name of Determination

                This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 1).

2              Commencement

                This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3              Definitions

                In this Determination:

                Act means the Currency Act 1965.

4              Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design

         (1)   For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item (being a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule to the Act):

                 (a)   the coin’s standard weight; and

                 (b)   the allowable variation from that standard weight; and

                 (c)   the coin’s dimensions; and

                 (d)   the coin’s design.

         (2)   A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is circular concave, a reference to the shortest diameter of the coin.

5              Application of Determination

                Section 4 does not affect any other determination of the standard weight and allowable variation, dimensions or design of a coin, made under subsection 13A (1) of the Act.

Schedule 1           

(section 4)

Part 1        Specifications of coin

Item

Denomination

Standard composition

Standard weight and allowable variation (g)

Dimensions

Design

Maximum diameter (mm)

Maximum thickness (mm)

Shape

Edge

Obverse

Reverse

1

50c

Copper and nickel

15.55 ± 0.40

31.65

2.80

S2

E3

O1

R1

2

50c

Not less than 99.9% silver

18.24 ± 0.4

31.65

3.00

S2

E3

O1

R1

3

$5

Not less than 99.9% silver

31.10 + 1.00

40.50

8.30

S3

E3

O2

R2

4

$2

Copper, aluminium and nickel

6.60 ± 0.26

20.62

3.20

S1

E2

O1

R3

5

$1

Not less than 99.9% silver

11.66 ± 0.24

25.12

2.80

S1

E2

O3

R4

6

$5

Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin

20.00 ± 0.80

39.00

2.90

S1

E1

O1

R5

7

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.28

25.12

2.80

S1

E2

O1

R6

 

Part 2         Explanation of symbols

 

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

1

Shape

S1

Circular

2

Shape

S2

Dodecagonal

3

Shape

S3

Circular concave

4

Edge

E1

Continuously milled

5

Edge

E2

Interrupted milling

6

Edge

E3

Plain

7

Obverse

O1

A design consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a)        ‘IRB’;

(b)       ‘ELIZABETH II’;

(c)        ‘AUSTRALIA 2012’

8

Obverse

O2

A design consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a)        ‘IRB’;

(b)       ‘ELIZABETH II’;

(c)        ‘AUSTRALIA 2012’;

(d)       . 5 DOLLARS .

9

Obverse

O3

A design consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a)        ‘IRB’;

(b)       ‘ELIZABETH II’;

(c)        ‘AUSTRALIA 2012’;

(d)       . 1 DOLLAR .

10

Reverse

R1

A design consisting of:

(a)        a representation of 2 ballet-dancers performing a dance; and

(b)       the following:

                        (i)     ‘fifty Years of the australian Ballet’;

                       (ii)     ‘50’;

                     (iii)     a stylised representation of the designer’s initials ‘AB’

11

Reverse

R2

A design consisting of:

(a)        a stylised representation of a compass; and

(b)       superimposed on the compass, a coloured, stylised representation of the constellation Crux in a field of stars; and

(c)        the following:

                        (i)     ‘NORTH’;

                       (ii)     ‘SOUTH’;

                     (iii)     ‘EAST’;

                     (iv)     ‘WEST’;

                       (v)     ‘SOUTHERN SKY’;

                     (vi)     RA 12h 30m 00s’;

                    (vii)     ‘CRUX’;

                  (viii)     DEC -60° 00’ 00”’

12

Reverse

R3

A design consisting of:

(a)        a central circle containing:

                        (i)     the words ‘REMEMBRANCE DAY’ repeated and presented in 11 rows;

                       (ii)     the words ‘LEST WE FORGET’ in inverse order, repeated and presented in 11 rows; and

(b)       superimposed on that text, a design consisting of a coloured representation of a red poppy flower; and

(c)        2 representations of a poppy flower; and

(d)       the following:

                        (i)     ‘TWO DOLLARS’;

                       (ii)     ‘REMEMBRANCE’

13

Reverse

R4

A design consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:

(a)        ‘AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL CURRENCY EFFIGIES’;

(b)       ‘MACHIN - 1966’

14

Reverse

R5

A design consisting of:

(a)        in the foreground, a representation of Perth Town Hall; and

(b)       in the background, and partially covered by the building:

                        (i)     a representation of an archway;

                       (ii)     a representation of foliage;

                     (iii)     a representation of a cloud;

                     (iv)     a horizontal line; and

(c)        a stylised representation of a bird; and

(d)       the following:

                        (i)     ‘FIVE DOLLARS’;

                       (ii)     the designer’s initials ‘AS’

15

Reverse

R6

A design consisting of:

(a)        a representation of 3 ears of wheat tied by a ribbon; and

(b)       an ornamental border; and

(c)        the following:

                        (i)     ‘20’;

                       (ii)     ‘12’;

                     (iii)     ‘AUSTRALIA’;

                     (iv)     ‘ONE DOLLAR’;

                       (v)     ‘C’;

                     (vi)     the designer’s initials ‘K’ and ‘G’;

                    (vii)     a circle enclosing a stylised representation of a flower