Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2015 (No. 8)
I, Kelly O’Dwyer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make the following determination under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 9 September 2015
Kelly O’Dwyer
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1............ Name of determination.................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1
5............ Specification of denominations and standard compositions........................................... 1
6............ Standard weight, design and dimension of coins........................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Standard weight, design and dimension of coins 3
Part 1—Specifications of coins 3
1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 3
Part 2—Explanation of symbols 5
2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 5
1 Name of determination
This determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2015 (No. 8).
2 Commencement
This determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This determination is made under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.
4 Definitions
In this determination:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
5 Specification of denominations and standard compositions
(1) This section is made for paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.
(2) The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this determination commences, as if:
(a) there were included in the Schedule to the Act the references to denominations of money specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination; and
(b) there were specified in the Schedule to the Act opposite to each such denomination, as the standard composition of coins of that denomination, the standard composition specified for the denomination in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination.
(3) This section does not affect any other determination made for paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.
6 Standard weight, design and dimension of coins
(1) This section is made for subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
(2) On and after the day when this determination commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified in the Schedule to the Act.
(3) A reference in Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin is, for a coin that stylised heart shape, a reference to the length and width of the coin.
(4) Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
(5) This section does not affect any other determination made under subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
Schedule 1—Standard weight, design and dimension of coins
Note: See sections 5 and 6.
Part 1—Specifications of coins
1 Specifications
Each item of the following table specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin.
Specifications of coins
Item
Denomination
Standard composition
Standard weight and allowable variation (g)
Maximum diameter (mm) or other dimension
Maximum thickness (mm)
Shape
Edge
Obverse
Reverse
1
$2
Copper, aluminium and nickel
6.60 ± 0.60
20.78
3.70
S1
E1
O1
R1
2
$2
Copper, aluminium and nickel
6.60 ± 0.60
20.78
3.70
S1
E1
O1
R2
3
$2
Copper, aluminium and nickel
6.60 ± 0.60
20.78
3.70
S1
E1
O1
R3
4
$2
Copper, aluminium and nickel
6.60 ± 0.60
20.78
3.70
S1
E1
O1
R4
5
$1
Copper, aluminium and nickel
9.00 ± 0.66
25.25
3.46
S1
E1
O1
R5
6
$1
Copper, aluminium and nickel
9.00 ± 0.66
25.25
3.46
S1
E1
O1
R6
7
$1
At least 99.9% silver
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R5
8
$1
At least 99.9% silver
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R7
9
$1
At least 99.9% silver with gold plating
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R5
10
$1
Copper, aluminium and nickel
9.00 ± 0.66
25.25
3.46
S1
E1
O1
R8
11
$1
Copper, aluminium and nickel
9.00 ± 0.66
25.25
3.46
S1
E1
O1
R9
12
$1
At least 99.9% silver
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R8
13
$1
At least 99.9% silver
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R10
14
$1
At least 99.9% silver with gold plating
11.66 ± 0.50
25.20
3.25
S1
E1
O1
R8
15
$5
At least 99.9% silver
31.10 + 4.00
43.50 x 40.00
4.00
S2
E2
O2
R11
16
$1
At least 99.9% silver
15.55 + 1.00
36.20
2.50
S1
E3
O3
R12
Part 2—Explanation of symbols
2 Symbols used in Part 1
Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Part 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.
Explanation of symbols used in Part 1
Item
Design Feature
Symbol
Explanation
1
Shape
S1
Circular
2
Shape
S2
Stylised heart shape
3
Edge
E1
Interrupted milling
4
Edge
E2
Plain
5
Edge
E3
Continuously milled
6
Obverse
O1
A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’;
(c) the inscription, in numerals, of a year;
(d) ‘IRB’.
7
Obverse
O2
A stylised heart shape design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’;
(c) the inscription, in numerals, of a year;
(d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by ‘DOLLAR’, or ‘DOLLARS’ as the case requires;
(e) ‘IRB’.
8
Obverse
O3
A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’;
(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’;
(c) the inscription, in numerals, of a year;
(d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by ‘DOLLAR’, or ‘DOLLARS’ as the case requires;
(e) ‘IRB’;
(f) 2 representations of a dot.
9
Reverse
R1
A design consisting of:
(a) in the centre, a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles; and
(b) 8 stylised representations of a bird in flight; and
(c) in the background and partially obscured, the following:
(i) ‘In Flanders’;
(ii) ‘fields the poppi’;
(iii) ‘blow Between the cre’;
(iv) ‘row on row, That mark’;
(v) ‘place, and in the sky The’;
(vi) ‘larks, still bravely singi’;
(vii) ‘fly Scarce’;
(viii) ‘heard amid’;
(ix) ‘the guns’;
(x) ‘below. We’;
(xi) ‘the Dead.’;
(xii) ‘Short day’;
(xiii) ‘ago We li’;
(xiv) ‘felt dawn’;
(xv) ‘saw sunse’;
(xvi) ‘glow, Love’;
(xvii) ‘and were l’;
(xviii) ‘and now we’;
(xix) ‘lie In Flanders fields. Tak’;
(xx) ‘up our quarrel with the’;
(xxi) ‘foe. To you from failing’;
(xxii) ‘hands we throw The th’;
(xxiii) ‘be yours to hold’;
(xxiv) ‘it high. If’; and
(d) in the foreground, the inscription ‘TWO DOLLARS’.
10
Reverse
R2
As for item 9, replacing the reference in paragraph (a) to ‘in the centre, a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’ with ‘in the centre, the letter ‘C’ surrounded by a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’.
11
Reverse
R3
As for item 9, replacing the reference in paragraph (a) to ‘in the centre, a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’ with ‘in the centre, a stylised representation of a poppy flower surrounded by a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’.
12
Reverse
R4
As for item 9, replacing the reference in paragraph (a) to ‘in the centre, a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’ with ‘in the centre, the letter ‘C’ enclosed by a circle and surrounded by a pattern of orange coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles’.
13
Reverse
R5
A design consisting of:
(a) a representation of a part of the Melbourne Cricket Ground; and
(b) a representation of enthusiastic spectators; and
(c) representations of a flag; and
(d) in the foreground, a representation of 3 Australian Football League players wherein a player is taking a mark, a player is spoiling and a player is roving; and
(e) the following:
(i) ‘1 DOLLAR’;
(ii) ‘AFL FANS’;
(iii) a representation of a dot;
(iv) ‘CUSTODIANS OF THE GAME’.
14
Reverse
R6
A design consisting of:
(a) a representation of a part of the Melbourne Cricket Ground; and
(b) a representation of enthusiastic spectators; and
(c) representations of a flag; and
(d) in the foreground, a representation of 3 Australian Football League players wherein a player is taking a mark, a player is spoiling and a player is roving; and
(e) the letter ‘M’ enclosed by a circle; and
(f) the following:
(i) ‘1 DOLLAR’;
(ii) ‘AFL FANS’;
(iii) a representation of a dot;
(iv) ‘CUSTODIANS OF THE GAME’.
15
Reverse
R7
As for item 13, replacing the reference in paragraph (c) to ‘representations of a flag’ with ‘representations of a flag, including a coloured representation a flag which contains a stylised representation of the 2015 Toyota AFL Premiership winning team colours’.
16
Reverse
R8
A design consisting of:
(a) a representation of a National Rugby League player positioned in front of a set of goal posts and taking a kick with his right foot; and
(b) a representation of 2 National Rugby League players wherein a player is running with a ball held in his right hand and a player is tackling; and
(c) in the background, a stylised representation of a rugby ball; and
(d) superimposed on the rugby ball, a stylised representation of the following:
(i) grass;
(ii) a boundary;
(iii) spectators;
(iv) a curved line; and
(e) a circular border, partially obscured by the rugby ball and a player; and
(f) the following:
(i) ‘NRL’;
(ii) a representation of a dot;
(iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’
(iv) ‘MOMENTS THAT MATTER’.
17
Reverse
R9
A design consisting of:
(a) a representation of a National Rugby League player positioned in front of a set of goal posts and taking a kick with his right foot; and
(b) a representation of 2 National Rugby League players wherein a player is running with a ball held in his right hand and a player is tackling; and
(c) in the background, a stylised representation of a rugby ball; and
(d) superimposed on the rugby ball, a stylised representation of the following:
(i) grass;
(ii) a boundary;
(iii) spectators;
(iv) a curved line;
(v) positioned above the curved line, the letter ‘S’ enclosed by a circle; and
(e) a circular border, partially obscured by the rugby ball and a player; and
(f) the following:
(i) ‘NRL’;
(ii) a representation of a dot;
(iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’
(iv) ‘MOMENTS THAT MATTER’.
18
Reverse
R10
As for item 17, replacing the reference in subparagraph (d)(v) to ‘positioned above the curved line, the letter ‘S’ enclosed by a circle’ with ‘positioned above the curved line, a coloured representation of the 2015 NRL Telstra Premiership winning team colours.
19
Reverse
R11
A design consisting of:
(a) a representation of a ribbon entwined to create an ornamental pattern; and
(b) partially obscured by the ribbon, a representation of the leaves, flowers and branches of a plant; and
(c) the inscription ‘With Love’ in red colour.
20
Reverse
R12
A design consisting of:
(a) in the upper sector, a stylised representation of the following:
(i) Sydney Opera House;
(ii) a part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge;
(iii) a fireworks display; and
(b) in the lower sector, a coloured representation of a body of water, including a coloured, distorted and inverted reflection of the following:
(i) Sydney Opera House;
(ii) a part of the Sydney Harbour Bridge;
(iii) a fireworks display; and
(c) the inscription ‘SYDNEY NEW YEARS EVE’.
