LI

This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2025 Royal Australian Mint No. 4) 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019

1 Schedule 2025, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)

Add:

28	$1	At least 99.9% silver	31.103 + 3.00	40.60	4.00	S1	E1	O1	R26	27/03/2025
29	50¢	At least 99.9% silver	18.24 ± 0.50	31.65	3.20	S5	E2	O2	R27	27/03/2025
30	50¢	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.96	31.65	3.16	S5	E2	O2	R27	27/03/2025

2 Schedule 2025, Part 1, clause 3 (after item 4)

Insert:

Shape

Dodecagonal

3 Schedule 2025, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)

Insert:

125

Reverse

R26

A design consisting of:

(a) in the background, the following stylised sights from the city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory:

(i) Parliament House, with 5 hot air balloons floating above; and

(ii) Black Mountain Tower in front of bushland; and

(iii) a side view of the Royal Australian Mint building, above additional bushland; and

(b) in the foreground, a representation of a bounding kangaroo; and

(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) “Xoz .999 Ag” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(iii) “BS”.

126

Reverse

R27

A design, inspired by the Christmas orchid (Calanthe triplicata) and in a symmetrical pattern, consisting of:

(a) at the top of the coin, an ornamental border enclosing the following:

(i) “2025”; and

(b) in the centre of the coin, a stylised representation of a purple‑coloured bauble with shaded decorative patterns and a shaded border hanging from the ornamental border; and

(c) in the foreground, and partially obscuring the bauble, a coloured stylised representation of an orchid, viewed from above; and

(d) surrounding the bauble and orchid, a stylised representation of an orchid at different stages of growth, from bud to full bloom, with foliage; and

(e) the following:

(i) a stylised representation of the designer’s initials “LA”.