Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 3)1
Currency Act 1965
I, NICK SHERRY, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 22 June 2009
NICK SHERRY
Assistant Treasurer
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 3).
2              Commencement
                This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3              Specifications of coins
                For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item:
                (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.
4              Application of Determination
                The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.
Schedule 1        Specifications of coins
(section 3)
  
Item 1
$1 coin

Denomination
$1

Standard composition
Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation
9.00 g ± 0.27 g

Maximum diameter
25.12 mm

Maximum thickness
2.80 mm

Shape
Circular

Edge
Interrupted milling

Obverse design
An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:
     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2009’.

Reverse design
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a stylised representation of 5 kangaroos; and
    (b)   the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’; and
     (c)   an inscription of an incomplete circle with a kangaroo superimposed on it.

 
 

Item 2
$1 coin

Denomination
$1

Standard composition
Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation
9.00 g ± 0.27 g

Maximum diameter
25.12 mm

Maximum thickness
2.80 mm

Shape
Circular

Edge
Interrupted milling

Obverse design
An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:
     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2009’.

Reverse design
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a stylised representation of 5 kangaroos; and
    (b)   the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’; and
     (c)   an inscription of an incomplete circle with a kangaroo superimposed on it; and
    (d)   the initial ‘C’ inside a circle.

 
 

Item 3
50c coin

Denomination
50c

Standard composition
Copper and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation
15.55 g ± 0.40 g

Maximum diameter
31.65 mm

Maximum thickness
2.80 mm

Shape
Dodecagonal

Edge
Plain

Obverse design
An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:
     (a)   ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
    (b)   ‘AUSTRALIA 2009’.

Reverse design
A design consisting of:
     (a)   a representation of a spacecraft; and
    (b)   a representation of the sky at night; and
     (c)   the inscription ‘LANDING’ inside a circle; and
    (d)   the following inscriptions:
            (i)   ‘50 CENTS’;
         (ii)   ‘40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE MOON’.

Note
1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.