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This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2026 Royal Australian Mint No. 4) Determination 2026.

(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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 2026, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)

Add:

23	50¢	Copper and nickel	15.37 ± 1.00	31.81	3.00	S9	E2	O2	R19	29/05/2026
24	50¢	Copper and nickel	15.37 ± 1.00	31.81	3.00	S9	E2	O2	R20	29/05/2026
25	$1	Copper and nickel	12.58 ± 0.35	32.00	3.30	S13	E1	O31	R21	29/05/2026
26	50¢	Copper and nickel	15.55 ± 0.96	31.65	3.16	S5	E2	O1	R22	29/05/2026

2 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (after item 5)

Insert:

9	Shape	S9	Tetradecagonal
13	Shape	S13	Annular

3 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (after item 30)

Insert:

Obverse

O31

A design consisting of:

(a) at the top of the coin, a circle enclosing an effigy of King Charles III; and

(b) towards the centre of the coin, partially obscured by the effigy, a representation of the obverse of the original 19th century Holey Dollar; and

(i) “CHARLES III”; and

(ii) the denomination of the coin in words, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and

(iii) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(iv) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year.

4 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)

Add:

118	Reverse	R19	A design consisting of: (a) immediately inside the rim, an ornamental border, inspired by traditional Chinese knotting; and (b) in the foreground, a stylised representation of a goat standing on a pile of rocks; and (c) partially obscured by the goat and partially obscuring the pile of rocks, stylised representations of 3 Narcissus tazetta plants (commonly known as Chinese sacred lily); and (d) above the goat, the Chinese language character (羊), pronounced yáng under the Pinyin system, and meaning goat; and (e) the following: (i) a stylised representation of the designer’s initials “LA”.
119	Reverse	R20	The same as for item 118, except the design also includes a stylised representation of an envelope.
120	Reverse	R21	A design consisting of: (a) towards the centre of the coin, a representation of the reverse of the original 19th century Holey Dollar; and (b) in the foreground, partially obscuring the representation of the Holey Dollar, a representation of the obverse of the original 19th century Dump coin; and (c) at the bottom of the Holey Dollar, and to the left of the Dump coin, a representation of a ribbon curled around the flowers, buds and leaves of the Dahlia pinnata plant (commonly known as the dahlia), the floral emblem of Mexico; and (d) at the bottom of the representation of the Holey Dollar, and to the right of the Dump coin, a representation of a ribbon curled around the flowers, branches and leaves of an Acacia pycnantha plant (commonly known as golden wattle), the floral emblem of Australia; and (e) the following: (i) “ORIGINS OF AUSTRALIAN COIN”; and (ii) “EW” (in a stylised form).
121	Reverse	R22	A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of a platypus; and (b) a combination of circles, tear drop shapes, and irregular shapes incorporated into the representation of the platypus; and (c) behind the platypus, a combination of tubular and irregular shapes stacked horizontally; and (d) surrounding the platypus, coloured tear drop shapes and circles; and (e) the following: (i) “50”; and (ii) “AWB”.