Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2025 Royal Australian Mint No. 5) Determination 2025
I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.
Dated 5 May 2025
Assistant Minister for Productivity, 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. 5) 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.
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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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
1 Schedule 2025, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)
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31 | 20¢ | Copper and nickel | 11.30 ± 0.78 | 28.65 | 2.92 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R28 | 06/06/2025 |
32 | 20¢ | Copper and nickel with gold-plating | 11.30 ± 0.78 | 28.65 | 2.92 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R28 | 06/06/2025 |
33 | $10 | At least 99.99% gold | 3.11 + 0.10 | 17.75 | 1.70 | S1 | E1 | O1 | R29 | 06/06/2025 |
34 | $1 | At least 99.9% silver | 11.66 ± 0.30 | 25.20 | 3.25 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R29 | 06/06/2025 |
35 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R29 | 06/06/2025 |
36 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R30 | 06/06/2025 |
37 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R31 | 06/06/2025 |
38 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R32 | 06/06/2025 |
39 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R33 | 06/06/2025 |
40 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R34 | 06/06/2025 |
41 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R35 | 06/06/2025 |
42 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R36 | 06/06/2025 |
43 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R37 | 06/06/2025 |
44 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R38 | 06/06/2025 |
45 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R39 | 06/06/2025 |
46 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R40 | 06/06/2025 |
47 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R41 | 06/06/2025 |
48 | $1 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 9.00 ± 0.66 | 25.20 | 3.46 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R42 | 06/06/2025 |
2 Schedule 2025, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)
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127 | Reverse | R28 | A design, inspired by the Australian children’s book The Rainbow Serpent (1975) by Indigenous author and artist Dick Roughsey (an adaptation of the Indigenous Australian mythological deity known as Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent), consisting of: (a) a circular border immediately inside the rim; and (b) partially obscuring the border, a stylised representation of 2 converging spears, dividing the coin into 3 unevenly divided sections, each enclosing a coloured stylised representation of: (i) Goorialla rising up on the horizon of a desert landscape; and (ii) Goorialla, with its body partially coiled and tongue sticking out from its mouth, with trees, partially obscured, in the background; and (iii) 4 Indigenous Australians standing together on grass, 3 of them each holding a spear, with a tree, the beach, the ocean and the sky in the background; and (c) partially obscuring the border, the converging spears and each unevenly divided section, a stylised representation of Goorialla, as depicted in The Rainbow Serpent, slithering around a rocky mountain with its mouth open, with rocks falling from each side of the mountain; and (d) the following: (i) “50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RAINBOW SERPENT”; and (ii) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars and cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires. |
128 | Reverse | R29 | A design consisting of: (a) a central circle enclosing the following: (i) “60”; and (ii) “YEARS”; and (b) surrounding, and partially obscured by the central circle, a stylised representation of the following: (i) a lyrebird; and (ii) a kangaroo; and (iii) an echidna; and (iv) a platypus; and (v) a feathertail glider; and (vi) a frilled-neck lizard; and (vii) an emu; and (viii) 5 stars; and (c) partially obscured by the animals, the 5 stars, and the central circle, a stylised representation of a ribbon weaving between the animals; and (d) the following: (i) “AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL CURRENCY”; and (ii) the denomination of the coin in words, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and (iii) “C”. |
129 | Reverse | R30 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “S” enclosed in a square. |
130 | Reverse | R31 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “M” enclosed in a square. |
131 | Reverse | R32 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “B” enclosed in a square. |
132 | Reverse | R33 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) a stylised representation of Wahlenbergia gloriosa (also known as the royal bluebell) enclosed in a square. |
133 | Reverse | R34 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) a stylised representation of an envelope. |
134 | Reverse | R35 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii). |
135 | Reverse | R36 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “S” enclosed in a circle. |
136 | Reverse | R37 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “B” enclosed in a circle. |
137 | Reverse | R38 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “M” enclosed in a circle. |
138 | Reverse | R39 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “A” enclosed in a circle. |
139 | Reverse | R40 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the letter “P” enclosed in a circle. |
140 | Reverse | R41 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) a stylised representation of a map of Australia enclosed in a circle. |
141 | Reverse | R42 | The same as for item 128, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii), and substitute: (iii) the numeral “60” enclosed in a circle. |