Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 6)1
Currency Act 1965
I, BILL SHORTEN, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 16 December 2010
 
BILL SHORTEN
Assistant Treasurer
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 6).
2              Commencement
                This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Definition
                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 (using the symbols explained in Part 2 of Schedule 1).
         (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)
Maximum thickness (mm)
Shape
Edge
Obverse
Reverse

1
20c
Copper and nickel
11.30 ± 0.33
28.65
2.52
S1
E1
O1
R1

2
$1
At least 99.9% silver
32.39 ± 0.80
40.20
3.50
S1
E1
O1
R2

3
$1
Copper, aluminium and nickel
9.00 ± 0.27
25.12
2.80
S1
E2
O1
R3

4
$1
At least 99.9% silver
31.635 ± 0.50
40.20
3.50
S1
E1
O1
R4

5
$5
Not less than 99.99% gold
1.25 + 0.04/-0.00
14.20
0.70
S1
E1
O2
R5

6
$5
Not less than 99.99% gold
1.25 + 0.04/-0.00
14.20
0.70
S1
E1
O2
R6

7
$5
Not less than 99.99% gold
1.25 + 0.04/-0.00
14.20
0.70
S1
E1
O2
R7

Part 2          Explanation of symbols
 
Item
Design Feature
Symbol
Explanation

1
Shape
S1
Circular

2
Edge
E1
Continuously milled

3
Edge
E2
14 Segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

4
Obverse
O1
A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
     (a)   ‘IRB’;
    (b)   ‘ELIZABETH II’;
     (c)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2011’

5
Obverse
O2
A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:
     (a)   ‘IRB’;
    (b)   ‘ELIZABETH II’;
     (c)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2011’;
    (d)   ‘5 DOLLARS’

6
Reverse
R1
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of a man in military uniform standing on the track of a tank with a field camera; and
    (b)   the following:
            (i)   ‘AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS’;
           (ii)   ‘20’;
          (iii)   ‘WAR HISTORIANS’

7
Reverse
R2
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of the Narrows Bridge in Perth against a backdrop of the city skyline; and
    (b)   the following:
            (i)   ‘NARROWS BRIDGE-PERTH’;
           (ii)   ‘1 OUNCE FINE SILVER’;
          (iii)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’

8
Reverse
R3
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of a merino ram; and
    (b)   2 representations of the Star of Federation; and
     (c)   the following:
            (i)   ‘AUSTRALIA’;
           (ii)   ‘ONE DOLLAR’;
        (iii)   ‘P’ enclosed by a circle

9
Reverse
R4
A design consisting:
     (a)   a representation of a wave; and
    (b)   a representation of a two stiver coin, partially obscured by the wave; and
     (c)   below the wave, a representation of the following:
            (i)   coral;
           (ii)   a cluster of stiver coins embedded in coral;
          (iii)   starfish; and
    (d)   the following:
            (i)   ‘VOC ZUYTDORP’;
           (ii)   ‘1’;
          (iii)   ‘DOLLAR’

10
Reverse
R5
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of the Hyde Park Barracks behind a brick wall; and
    (b)   the following:
            (i)   ‘HYDE PARK BARRACKS’;
           (ii)   ‘1/25 oz .9999 Au’

11
Reverse
R6
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of the inside of the Port Arthur Convict Church; and
    (b)   the following:
            (i)   ‘PORT ARTHUR HISTORIC SITE’;
           (ii)   ‘1/25 oz .9999 Au’

12
Reverse
R7
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of the Fremantle Prison; and
    (b)   the following:
            (i)   ‘FREMANTLE PRISON’;
           (ii)   ‘1/25 oz .9999 Au’

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