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Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2025 Royal Australian Mint No. 1) Determination 2025

I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.

Dated   6 February 2025

 

Dr Andrew Leigh

Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

 

 

 

 

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019

 

  This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2025 Royal Australian Mint No. 1) Determination 2025.

 (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.

 

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

 

1 At the end of the instrument

Add:

Note: See section 5.

  Each item of the following table specifies the standard composition, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.

 

Specifications of coins

Item

Denomination

Standard composition

Standard weight and allowable variation (g)

Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm)

Maximum thickness (mm)

Shape

Edge

Obverse

Reverse

Date of effect

1

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R1

03/02/2025

2

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R2

03/02/2025

3

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R3

03/02/2025

4

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R4

03/02/2025

5

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R5

03/02/2025

6

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R6

03/02/2025

7

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R7

03/02/2025

8

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R8

03/02/2025

9

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R9

03/02/2025

10

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R10

03/02/2025

11

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R11

03/02/2025

12

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R12

03/02/2025

13

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R13

03/02/2025

14

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R14

03/02/2025

 

  Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Division 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.

 

Explanation of symbols used in Division 1

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

1

Shape

S1

Circular

17

Edge

E3

Interrupted milling

21

Obverse

O2

A design consisting of an effigy of King Charles III and the following:

(a) “CHARLES III”; and

(b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(c) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year; and

(d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and

(e) “DT”.

100

Reverse

R1

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Merino sculpture by Attila and Louis Mokany, Gary Dutallis, and Glenn Senner, and a gift shop, upon a rock platform, with tufts of grass; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Goulburn, New South Wales:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a landscape consisting of the sun, clouds, and a hill; and

(iii) a road sign displaying the name “GOULBURN”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “THE BIG MERINO”; and

(ii) “AS”.

101

Reverse

R2

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Golden Guitar sculpture by Harry Frost and Len Surtees, upon a tiled platform, with trees, the Golden Guitar Tourist Centre and the Golden Guitar Motor Inn; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Tamworth, New South Wales:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a landscape consisting of the sun, a cloud, and a hill; and

(iii) a road sign displaying the name “TAMWORTH”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “THE BIG GOLDEN GUITAR”; and

(ii) “AS”.

102

Reverse

R3

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Penguin sculpture, upon a tiled platform; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Penguin, Tasmania:

(i) set behind a tree, a grassy outlook, and a fence, the Bass Strait; and

(ii) a winding road; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of the sun, a cloud, a hill, and a flying seagull; and

(iv) a road sign displaying the name “PENGUIN”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “The Big Penguin”; and

(ii) “AS”.

103

Reverse

R4

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Galah sculpture by Roger, Dianne, Allan, Quentin, Dion and Arlene Venning, upon a rock platform, with a log fence; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Kimba, South Australia:

(i) the Halfway Across Australia Gem Shop, surrounded by shrubs and trees; and

(ii) a landscape consisting of the sun, boulders, and hills; and

(iii) a winding road; and

(iv) a motorhome driving along the winding road; and

(v) a triangular road sign on the side of the winding road; and

(vi) a road sign displaying the name “KIMBA”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “The Big Galah”; and

(ii) “AS”

104

Reverse

R5

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Rocking Horse sculpture by David McIntosh, surrounded by trees, shrubs, rocks and the Toy Factory; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Gumeracha, South Australia:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a car driving along the winding road; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of the sun, boulders, and hills; and

(iv) a road sign displaying the name “GUMERACHA”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “The Big Rocking Horse”; and

(ii) “AS”.

105

Reverse

R6

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Wheelbarrow sculpture by the Wedgefield Association and volunteers; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Wedgefield, Western Australia:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a windmill; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of boulders, shrubs, hills, a cloud and the sun; and

(iv) a road sign displaying the name “WEDGEFIELD” with a tuft of grass at the base of the road sign; and

(c) the following:

(i) “The Big WHEELBARROW”; and

(ii) “AS”.

106

Reverse

R7

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Prawn sculpture by James Martin, upon a pedestal; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Exmouth, Western Australia:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) palm trees; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of boulders, a hill, shrubs, a cloud and the sun; and

(iv) a road sign displaying the name “EXMOUTH”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “THE BIG PRAWN”; and

(ii) “AS”.

107

Reverse

R8

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Strawberry sculpture by Michael, Lorraine, Darren and Tania Hayes, Bruce Mactier and Len Price, upon a grassy platform, with a log fence; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Koonoomoo, Victoria:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a car driving along the winding road; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of hills, a tuft of grass, a cloud, the sun, shrubs and a house sitting on a piece of land; and

(iv) a road sign displaying the name “KOONOOMOO” with a tuft of grass and rocks at the base of the road sign; and

(c) the following:

(i) “THE BIG STRAWBERRY”; and

(ii) “AS”.

108

Reverse

R9

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Barramundi sculpture by Techy Masero, upon a platform, with a rock at the base of the sculpture; and

(b) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Wanguri, Northern Territory:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a landscape consisting of sunset, boulders, hills, clouds, a tree, shrubs, a house and a water tank; and

(iii) a road sign displaying the name “WANGURI”; and

(c) the following:

(i) “THE BIG BARRAMUNDI”; and

(ii) “AS”.

109

Reverse

R10

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of the Big Mango sculpture by Geoff Ingham, upon a platform, which is partially obscured by 2 palm trees, with another tree behind the sculpture; and

(b) on the platform, a sign displaying the name “BOWEN”, with tufts of grass at the base of the sign; and

(c) in the background, the following stylised sights from the town of Bowen, Queensland:

(i) a winding road; and

(ii) a bus driving along the winding road; and

(iii) a landscape consisting of boulders, a hill, a cloud, the sun and a house; and

(d) the following:

(i) “THE BIG MANGO”; and

(ii) “AS”.

110

Reverse

R11

The same as for item 107, except the stylised representation of the sculpture, the grassy platform, and the log fence, are coloured.

111

Reverse

R12

A design consisting of:

(a) a montage of the following stylised representations:

(i) the Big Merino (as described in item 100); and

(ii) the Big Golden Guitar (as described in item 101); and

(iii) the Big Wheelbarrow (as described in item 105); and

(iv) the Big Prawn (as described in item 106); and

(v) the Big Strawberry (as described in item 107); and

(b) in the background, a stylised representation of a winding road and a landscape consisting of a hill, the sun and a cloud; and

(c) the following:

(i) “AUSSIE BIG THINGS”; and

(ii) “AS”.

112

Reverse

R13

A design consisting of:

(a) a montage of the following stylised representations:

(i) the Big Penguin (as described in item 102); and

(ii) the Big Galah (as described in item 103); and

(iii) the Big Rocking Horse (as described in item 104); and

(iv) the Big Barramundi (as described in item 108); and

(v) the Big Mango (as described in item 109); and

(b) a stylised representation of a winding road and a landscape consisting of hills, the sun and clouds; and

(c) the following:

(i) “AUSSIE BIG THINGS”; and

(ii) “AS”.

113

Reverse

R14

A design consisting of:

(a) in the foreground, a stylised representation of a coin press, viewed from above, and forming a stylised representation of the number “60”; and

(b) in the background, and partially obscured by the coin press, are several circles, some unfilled and others containing representations of:

(i) a side view of the Royal Australian Mint building, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory; and

(ii) an industrial robotic arm holding a drum; and

(iii) 2 coin making tools; and

(iv) a hand holding 3 coins; and

(v) coins; and

(vi) a hand modelling a coin plaster; and

(vii) an aerial view of the Royal Australian Mint building; and

(viii) a partially obscured figure stacking gold bars; and

(c) the following:

(i) “1965 - 2025”; and

(ii) “ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MINT”; and

(iii) “AWB”; and

(iv) “60” enclosed in a circle.