Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 2)

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

Dated 1 June 2000

 

 

 

 

 

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

 

Contents

 Page

 1 Name of Determination 

 2 Commencement 

 3 Specification of coins 

 4 Application of Determination 

 5 Amendment of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 2)

Schedule 1  

Part 1 Specification of coins 

Part 2 Explanation of symbols 

Schedule 2 Amendments of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 2)

 

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1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 2).

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

  The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

5 Amendment of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 2)

  Schedule 2 amends Currency Determination 1999 (No. 2).

Schedule 1    

(section 3)

Part 1 Specification of coins

 

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

Column 6

Item

Denomination and 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

$2
(2 oz)

Not less than 99.9% silver

62.770 ± 0.500

50.30

4.50

S1

E1

O1

R233

102

$25
(1/4 oz)

Not less than 99.99% gold

7.807 ± 0.030

20.10

2.00

S1

E1

O1

R234

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

Continuously 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, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLARS’;

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

204

Reverse

R233

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

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of the Victoria Cross, in colour; and

(d) a representation of 2 kookaburras sitting back to back on a branch; and

(e) the inscription ‘P’.

205

Reverse

R234

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

(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/4 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and

(b) ‘2000’;

that, in turn, surround:

(c) a representation of two hopping kangaroos breaking through a sunburst design; and

(d) as a privy mark — ‘Expo 2000 Hannover’ (a representation of part of the official symbol of Expo 2000 in Hanover).

Schedule 2 Amendments of Currency Determination 1999 (No. 2)

(section 5)

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[1] Items 108, 109 and 110, column 6 (2) (Edge)

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E2

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For a coin dated 2000: E2

For a coin dated 2001: E1