Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 4)
I, Steven Ciobo, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make the following determination.
Dated: 17 September 2014
Steven Ciobo
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 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 composition, standard weight, design and dimension of coins 2
Part 1—Specifications of coins 2
1............ Specifications................................................................................................................ 2
Part 2—Explanation of symbols 3
2............ Symbols used in Part 1.................................................................................................. 3
1 Name
This is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2014 (No. 4).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.
4 Definitions
In this instrument:
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 provision of a 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 on which this determination commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this determination specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of the coin whose denomination and standard composition is specified in that item.
(3) Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this determination explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
(4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
Schedule 1—Standard composition, 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 composition, 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
50c
At least 99.9% silver
16.091 ± 0.500
32.60
3.10
S1
E1
O1
R1
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
Edge
E1
Continuously milled
3
Obverse
O1
A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
(a) “ELIZABETH II”;
(b) “AUSTRALIA”;
(c) “2014”;
(d) “50 CENTS”;
(e) “1/2oz 999 SILVER”;
(f) “IRB”.
4
Reverse
R1
A design, in a proof finish, consisting of:
(a) an interrupted half circle which partly encloses a representation of 2 ships surrounded by water and a coloured landscape featuring a hilly terrain and a body of water; and
(b) a coloured representation of a poppy; and
(c) the following:
(i) “FIRST CONVOY”;
(ii) “ALBANY W.A.”;
(iii) “100TH”;
(iv) “ANNIVERSARY”;
(v) “NOVEMBER 1914”;
(vi) “WR”;
(vii) “P”; and
(d) a pattern consisting of several wavy lines, with a wavy line above and below each of the following lines of text:
(i) “HMAT A1 HYMETTUS; HMAT A2 GEELONG; HMAT A3 ORVIETO; HMAT A4 PERA; HMAT A5”;
(ii) “OMRAH; HMAT A6 CLAN MACCORQUODALE; HMAT A8 ARGYLLSHIRE; HMAT A9”;
(iii) “SHROPSHIRE; HMAT A10 KARROO; HMAT A12 SALDANHA; HMAT A13 KATUNA; HMAT”;
(iv) “A14 EURIPIDES; HMAT A15 STAR OF ENGLAND; HMAT A16 STAR OF VICTORIA; HMAT A17”;
(v) “PORT LINCOLN; HMAT A18 WILTSHIRE; HMAT A19 AFRIC; HMAT A20 HORORATA; HMAT”;
(vi) “A21 MARERE; HMAT A22 RANGATIRA; HMAT A23 SUFFOLK; HMAT A24 BENALLA;”;
(vii) “HMAT A25 ANGLO‑EGYPTIAN; HMAT A26 ARMADALE; HMAT A27 SOUTHERN;”;
(viii) “HMAT A28 MILTIADES; HMNZT 3 MAUNGANUI; HMNZT 4 TAHITI; HMNZT 5”;
(ix) “RUAPEHU; HMNZT 6 ORARI; HMNZT 7 LIMERICK; HMNZT 8 STAR OF”;
(x) “INDIA; HMNZT 9 HAWKES BAY; HMNZT 10 ARAWA; HMNZT 11”;
(xi) “ATHENIC; HMNZT 12 WAIMANA; HMS MINOTAUR;”;
(xii) “HMAS SYDNEY; HMAS MELBOURNE”.
