Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 2)
Currency Act 1965
I, Steven Ciobo, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 6 March 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STEVEN CIOBO
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
 
1          Name of determination
                This determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014
(No. 2).
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, design and dimension of coins
         (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)   Subsection (1) 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 coins
 
Item
Denomination
Standard composition
Standard weight and allowable variation (g)
Dimensions
Design

Maximum diameter (mm) or other dimension
Maximum thickness (mm)
Shape
Edge
Obverse
Reverse

1
$1
At least 99.9% silver
31.635 ± 0.500
40.60
2.60
S1
E1
O1
R1

Part 2          Explanation of symbols

Item
Design Feature
Symbol
Explanation

1
Shape
S1
Circular

2
Edge
E1
Continuously milled

3
Obverse
O1
A design consisting of a circle which surrounds an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’;
    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;
     (c)   ‘· 1 DOLLAR ·’; and
     (f)   ‘IRB’

4
Reverse
R1
A design, in a bullion finish, consisting of a representation of a saltwater crocodile surrounded by a circle, and the following:
         I.             ‘AUSTRALIAN SALTWATER CROCODILE’;
       II.             ‘2014 1oz 999 SILVER’;
     III.             ‘NM’; and
    IV.            ‘P’