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

as amended

made under subsection 13A (1) of the

Currency Act 1965

This compilation was prepared on 22 January 2013
taking into account amendments up to Currency Legislation (Royal Australian Mint) Amendment Determination 2012 (No. 1)

Prepared by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, Canberra

Contents

 1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

 2 Commencement [see Note 1]

 3 Definitions 

 4 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design 

 5 Application of Determination 

Schedule 1  

Part 1 Specifications of coin 

Part 2 Explanation of symbols 

Notes  

 

 

1 Name of Determination [see Note 1]

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

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

  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

11.94± 0.5

25.30

3.20

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 balletdancers 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

Notes to the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 1)

Note 1

The Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 1) (in force under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965) as shown in this compilation is amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Instruments

Title

Date of FRLI registration

Date of
commencement

Application, saving or
transitional provisions

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

30 Jan 2012 (see F2012L00095)

31 Jan 2012

 

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

10 Sept 2012 (see F2012L01853)

S. 4 and Schedule 2:
31 Jan 2012

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

Schedule 1

 

Part 1

 

Part 1................

am. 2012 No. 1