Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 6)

Currency Act 1965

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

Dated 10th August 2009

Nick Sherry

Assistant Treasurer

 

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 6).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Determination of standard weight, design and dimension

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in 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

 (b) the coin’s dimensions; and

 (c) the coin’s design.

4 Application of Determination

  The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

(section 3)

 

Item 1

$1 Coin

Denomination

$1

Standard composition

At least  99.9% silver 

Standard weight and allowable variation

31.635g ± 0.50g

Maximum diameter

40.15mm

Maximum thickness

3.50mm

Shape

Round

Edge

Continuously milled

Obverse design

The inscriptions:

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2010’;

Surrounding

    (c) an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II; and

    (d) the monogram ‘IRB’

 

Reverse design

A design consisting of the inscriptions:

      (a) ‘1 OUNCE FINE SILVER’

      (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and

      (c) the designer’s mark resembling the letters ‘WP’

And

               (d) an artist’s representation of the Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby positioned over rocks facing right; and

               (e) spinifex below and to the left of the Rock-Wallaby

 

 

 

 

Item 2

$1 Coin

Denomination

$1

Standard composition

At least  99.9% silver 

Standard weight and allowable variation

32.39g ± 0.80g

Maximum diameter

40.25mm

Maximum thickness

4.00mm

Shape

Round

Edge

Continuously milled

Obverse design

The inscriptions:

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2010’;

Surrounding

    (c) an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II; and

    (d) the monogram ‘IRB’

 

Reverse design

A design consisting of the inscriptions:

      (a) ‘1 OUNCE FINE SILVER’

      (b) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and

      (c) the designer’s mark resembling the letters ‘WP’

And

               (d) an artist’s representation of the Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby positioned over rocks facing right; and

               (e) Spinifex below and to the left of the Rock-Wallaby

 

 

 

 

Item 3

$10 coin

Denomination

$10

Standard composition

At least 99.99% Gold

Standard weight and allowable variation

3.133g ± 0.09g

Maximum diameter

17.65mm

Maximum thickness

1.58mm

Shape

Round

Edge

Continuously milled

Obverse design

The inscriptions:

 (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and

 (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2010’;

Surrounding

    (c) an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II; and

    (d) the monogram ‘IRB’

Reverse design

A design consisting of the inscriptions:

      (a) ‘1/10 oz. 9999 Au’

      (b) ‘TEN DOLLARS’; and

      (c) the designer’s mark resembling the letters ‘WP’

And

               (d) an artist’s representation of the Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby positioned over rocks facing right; and

               (e) Spinifex below and to the left of the Rock-Wallaby

 

 

Note

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