Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Amendment Determination 2010 (No. )

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

(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
Item	Denomination	Standard composition	Standard weight and allowable variation (g)	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