1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is
registered.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
4 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and
design
(1) For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, on and
after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Part 1 of
Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard
composition mentioned in the item (being a coin whose denomination is
specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule to the Act):
(a) the coin’s standard weight; and
(b) the allowable variation from that standard
weight; and
(c) the coin’s dimensions; and
(d) the coin’s design.
(2) A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin
is, for a coin that is circular concave, a reference to the shortest diameter
of the coin.
5 Application of Determination
Section 4 does not affect any other
determination of the standard weight and allowable variation, dimensions or
design of a coin, made under subsection 13A (1) of the Act.
Schedule 1
(section 4)
Part 1 Specifications
of coin
|
Item
|
Denomination
|
Standard
composition
|
Standard
weight and allowable variation (g)
|
Dimensions
|
Design
|
|
Maximum
diameter (mm)
|
Maximum
thickness (mm)
|
Shape
|
Edge
|
Obverse
|
Reverse
|
|
1
|
50c
|
Copper
and nickel
|
15.55 ± 0.40
|
31.65
|
2.80
|
S2
|
E3
|
O1
|
R1
|
|
2
|
50c
|
Not
less than 99.9% silver
|
18.24 ± 0.4
|
31.65
|
3.00
|
S2
|
E3
|
O1
|
R1
|
|
3
|
$5
|
Not
less than 99.9% silver
|
31.10 + 1.00
|
40.50
|
8.30
|
S3
|
E3
|
O2
|
R2
|
|
4
|
$2
|
Copper,
aluminium and nickel
|
6.60 ± 0.26
|
20.62
|
3.20
|
S1
|
E2
|
O1
|
R3
|
|
5
|
$1
|
Not
less than 99.9% silver
|
11.66 ± 0.24
|
25.12
|
2.80
|
S1
|
E2
|
O3
|
R4
|
|
6
|
$5
|
Copper,
aluminium, zinc and tin
|
20.00 ± 0.80
|
39.00
|
2.90
|
S1
|
E1
|
O1
|
R5
|
|
7
|
$1
|
Copper,
aluminium and nickel
|
9.00 ± 0.28
|
25.12
|
2.80
|
S1
|
E2
|
O1
|
R6
|
Part 2 Explanation
of symbols
|
Item
|
Design
Feature
|
Symbol
|
Explanation
|
|
1
|
Shape
|
S1
|
Circular
|
|
2
|
Shape
|
S2
|
Dodecagonal
|
|
3
|
Shape
|
S3
|
Circular
concave
|
|
4
|
Edge
|
E1
|
Continuously
milled
|
|
5
|
Edge
|
E2
|
Interrupted
milling
|
|
6
|
Edge
|
E3
|
Plain
|
|
7
|
Obverse
|
O1
|
A
design consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a)
‘IRB’;
(b) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(c)
‘AUSTRALIA 2012’
|
|
8
|
Obverse
|
O2
|
A design
consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a)
‘IRB’;
(b) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(c)
‘AUSTRALIA 2012’;
(d) ‘. 5
DOLLARS .’
|
|
9
|
Obverse
|
O3
|
A design
consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a)
‘IRB’;
(b) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(c)
‘AUSTRALIA 2012’;
(d) ‘. 1
DOLLAR .’
|
|
10
|
Reverse
|
R1
|
A
design consisting of:
(a)
a representation of 2
ballet-dancers performing a dance; and
(b) the following:
(i)
‘fifty Years of the australian
Ballet’;
(ii)
‘50’;
(iii)
a stylised representation of the
designer’s initials ‘AB’
|
|
11
|
Reverse
|
R2
|
A
design consisting of:
(a)
a stylised representation of a
compass; and
(b) superimposed on the compass, a coloured, stylised
representation of the constellation Crux in a field of stars; and
(c)
the following:
(i)
‘NORTH’;
(ii)
‘SOUTH’;
(iii)
‘EAST’;
(iv)
‘WEST’;
(v)
‘SOUTHERN SKY’;
(vi)
‘RA 12h 30m 00s’;
(vii)
‘CRUX’;
(viii)
‘DEC -60° 00’ 00”’
|
|
12
|
Reverse
|
R3
|
A
design consisting of:
(a)
a central circle containing:
(i)
the words ‘REMEMBRANCE DAY’ repeated
and presented in 11 rows;
(ii)
the words ‘LEST WE FORGET’ in
inverse order, repeated and presented in 11 rows; and
(b) superimposed on that text, a design consisting of a
coloured representation of a red poppy flower; and
(c)
2 representations of a poppy
flower; and
(d) the following:
(i)
‘TWO DOLLARS’;
(ii)
‘REMEMBRANCE’
|
|
13
|
Reverse
|
R4
|
A design
consisting of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a)
‘AUSTRALIAN DECIMAL CURRENCY EFFIGIES’;
(b) ‘MACHIN - 1966’
|
|
14
|
Reverse
|
R5
|
A design consisting of:
(a)
in the foreground, a
representation of Perth Town Hall; and
(b) in the background, and partially covered by the
building:
(i)
a representation of an archway;
(ii)
a representation of foliage;
(iii)
a representation of a cloud;
(iv)
a horizontal line; and
(c)
a stylised representation of a
bird; and
(d) the following:
(i)
‘FIVE DOLLARS’;
(ii)
the designer’s initials ‘AS’
|
|
15
|
Reverse
|
R6
|
A design consisting of:
(a)
a representation of 3 ears of
wheat tied by a ribbon; and
(b) an ornamental border; and
(c)
the following:
(i)
‘20’;
(ii)
‘12’;
(iii)
‘AUSTRALIA’;
(iv)
‘ONE DOLLAR’;
(v)
‘C’;
(vi)
the designer’s initials ‘K’ and
‘G’;
(vii)
a circle enclosing a stylised
representation of a flower
|