Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 6) Determination 2023
I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.
Dated 18 July 2023
Dr Andrew Leigh
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019
This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2023 Royal Australian Mint No. 6) Determination 2023.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019
1 Schedule 2023, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)
Add:
$2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R101 | 21/07/2023 | |
130 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R102 | 21/07/2023 |
131 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R103 | 21/07/2023 |
132 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R104 | 21/07/2023 |
133 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R105 | 21/07/2023 |
134 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R106 | 21/07/2023 |
135 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R107 | 21/07/2023 |
136 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R108 | 21/07/2023 |
137 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R109 | 21/07/2023 |
138 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O2 | R110 | 21/07/2023 |
139 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O2 | R111 | 21/07/2023 |
140 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O2 | R112 | 21/07/2023 |
141 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R113 | 21/07/2023 |
142 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R114 | 21/07/2023 |
2 Schedule 2023, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)
Add:
200 | Reverse | R101 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing: (i) the words “REMEMBRANCE DAY” repeated and presented in 11 rows; and (ii) the words “LEST WE FORGET” in inverse order, repeated and presented in 11 rows; and (b) superimposed on the text, a design consisting of a representation of a poppy flower; and (c) 2 representations of a poppy flower; and (d) the following: (i) “TWO DOLLARS’”; and (ii) “REMEMBRANCE”. |
201 | Reverse | R102 | The same as for item 200, except the poppy flower superimposed on the text is coloured. |
202 | Reverse | R103 | A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of sun rays surrounding a series of green coloured stripes arranged in a repetitive circular pattern; and (b) a representation of a circle; and (c) a central circle containing a representation of a dove with an olive branch in its beak; and (d) the following: (i) “REMEMBRANCE”; and (ii) “TWO DOLLARS”. |
203 | Reverse | R104 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing the inscription “LEST WE FORGET”; and (b) surrounding the central circle, the following: (i) a series of red coloured stripes arranged in a repetitive circular pattern; and (ii) 2 concentric circles; and (iii) 5 stylised representations of crosses; and (iv) between the crosses, a representation of poppy flowers; and (c) “TWO DOLLARS”. |
204 | Reverse | R105 | A design consisting of: (a) in the centre, a pattern of orange-coloured stripes superimposed on 3 concentric circles; and (b) 8 stylised representations of a bird in flight; and (c) in the background and partially obscured, the following: (i) “In Flanders”; and (ii) “fields the poppi”; and (iii) “blow Between the cre”; and (iv) “row on row, That mark”; and (v) “place, and in the sky The”; and (vi) “larks, still bravely singi”; and (vii) “fly Scarce”; and (viii) “heard amid”; and (ix) “the guns”; and (x) “below. We”; and (xi) “the Dead.”; and (xii) “Short day”; and (xiii) “ago We li”; and (xiv) “felt dawn”; and (xv) “saw sunse”; and (xvi) “glow, Love”; and (xvii) “and were l”; and (xviii) “and now we”; and (xix) “lie In Flanders fields. Tak”; and (xx) “up our quarrel with the”; and (xxi) “foe. To you from failing”; and (xxii) “hands we throw The th”; and (xxiii) “be yours to hold”; and (xxiv) “it high. If”; and (d) in the foreground, the inscription “TWO DOLLARS”. |
205 | Reverse | R106 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing a stylised representation of a part of the ceiling at the Australian War Memorial’s Hall of Remembrance; and (b) surrounding the central circle, a pattern of yellow-, green-, blue- and indigo-coloured stripes superimposed on 3 concentric circles; and (c) a circle of raised beads; and (d) 4 representations of lunes containing varying representations of mosaic tiles; and (e) positioned between those lunes, representations of mosaic tiles; and (c) the following: (i) “LEST WE FORGET”; and (ii) “TWO DOLLARS”; and (iii) “TD”. |
206 | Reverse | R107 | A design consisting of: (a) in the centre, a representation of a rosemary flower enclosed by 4 concentric circles; and (b) superimposed on the concentric circles, a coloured representation of a rosemary wreath, including 6 rosemary flowers; and (c) surrounding the concentric circles, a representation of a rosemary wreath intertwined with a ribbon and the word “Remembrance”; and (d) a circular border; and (e) the following: (i) “TWO DOLLARS”; and (ii) “AS”. |
207 | Reverse | R108 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing the colours white, yellow, orange, and red arranged in a circular pattern; and (b) partially obscured by the central circle, a stylised representation of 6 flames; and (c) surrounding those flames, a circle, which in turn is surrounded by 3 wavy lines arranged in a repetitive circular pattern; and (d) superimposed on those wavy lines, 3 shades of blue colour arranged in an irregular wavy pattern; and (e) 3 circles; and (f) the following: (i) “LEST WE FORGET”; and (ii) “ETERNAL FLAME”; and (iii) “TWO DOLLARS”. |
208 | Reverse | R109 | A design consisting of: (a) a representation of an athlete in a racing wheelchair; and (b) a horizontal line and a vertical line; and (c) the following: (i) “2 DOLLARS”; and (ii) “INVICTUS GAMES”; and (iii) “2018”; and (iv) “SYDNEY”; and (v) “AS”. |
209 | Reverse | R110 | A design consisting of: (a) in the foreground, 4 central concentric circles; and (b) superimposed over the circles, a coloured stylised depiction of flames; and (c) in the background, 2 firefighters in protective clothing standing back-to-back and holding hoses with water emanating from each hose; and (d) a stylised, curved framing motif at the base of the figures; and (e) behind the firefighters, stylised flames; and (f) the following: (i) “FIREFIGHTERS”; and (ii) “AS”. |
210 | Reverse | R111 | A design consisting of: (a) in the background, 4 concentric circles; and (b) superimposed over the 4 circles, a stylised black handprint and, around the handprint, 3 concentric circles of coloured dots based on the colours of the Australian Defence Force Ensign (as proclaimed under the Flags Act 1953); and (c) around the coloured dots, a sculpted, stylised representation of a Rainbow Serpent coiled in a circle; and (d) appearing on the serpent, representations of kangaroo and emu footprints, community symbols, travelling lines, spears, the Southern Cross, barbed wire, poppies, rosemary, a cross, a ship, an airplane wing, and a rifle; and (e) around the serpent, 8 crescent symbols representing Indigenous people, comprising the following: (i) 4 males represented by spears or boomerangs; and (ii) 4 females represented by coolamon (carrying vessels) and digging sticks; and (f) the following: (i) “INDIGENOUS MILITARY SERVICE”. |
211 | Reverse | R112 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing a Maltese cross; and (b) surrounding the central circle, a round border consisting of alternating concentric circular lines and circular patterns of dots, covered in a green print; and (c) a stylised representation of 2 paramedics tending to a patient on a wheeled stretcher; and (d) the following: (i) “AMBULANCE SERVICES”; and (ii) “AB” (in a stylised form). |
212 | Reverse | R113 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle containing a pattern of circles connected by lines overlaid by 4 concentric coloured circles graduating from grey to white (moving from the centre of the coin outwards); and (b) around the central circle, a stylised representation of 12 people, all wearing face masks with their arms extended, and with each represented person described by one of the following: (i) wearing a shirt, pants, and stethoscope, and holding a medical bag; and (ii) wearing a shirt, pants, and an apron, and holding a spray bottle and cloth; and (iii) wearing a hospital gown and stethoscope; and (iv) wearing a military camouflage uniform; and (v) wearing a shirt, pants and an apron, and holding two shopping bags; and (vi) wearing emergency services safety gear; and (vii) wearing a dress and jacket, and holding a pen and book; and (viii) wearing a police uniform and cap; and (ix) wearing a shirt and pants, and holding an electronic device displaying a pattern of circles connected by lines; and (x) wearing medical personal protective equipment; and (xi) wearing a shirt and pants, and holding a pen and book; and (xii) wearing a lab coat, and holding a test tube; and (c) the following: (i) “AUSTRALIA’S FRONTLINE WORKERS”; and (ii) “TWO DOLLARS”; and (iii) “AWB”. |
213 | Reverse | R114 | A design consisting of: (a) a central sphere with a radial colour gradient consisting of an inner pale yellow, central orange and outer brown; and (b) interconnected hexagons over the top of the sphere; and (c) 2 Italian honeybees on either side of the sphere; and (d) 2 branches from a Eucalyptus tree, adorned with flowers and leaves, extending from the rim of the coin; and (e) the following: (i) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLAR”, “DOLLARS” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and (ii) “HONEY BEE”; and (iii) “AS”. |