Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2008 (No. 7)
Currency Act 1965
I, NICK SHERRY, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 16 September 2008
NICK SHERRY
Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law
1              Name of Determination
                This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2008 (No. 7).
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:
                (a)    the denomination of a coin; and
               (b)    the coin’s standard composition; and
                (c)    the coin’s standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and
               (d)    the coin’s dimensions; and
                (e)    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
At least 99.9% silver

Standard weight and allowable variation
31.635 g ± 0.500 g

Maximum diameter
40.15 mm

Maximum thickness
3.50 mm

Shape
Circular

Edge
Continuously milled

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)   in the centre — a representation of an ox; and
    (b)   around the outside:
            (i)   a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and
           (ii)   the inscriptions:
                   (A)   ‘1 DOLLAR’; and
                   (B)   ‘1 oz .999 silver’.

 
 

Item 2
$10 coin

Denomination
$10

Standard composition
At least 99.99% gold

Standard weight and allowable variation
3.110 g + 0.020 g,  ‑ 0.000 g

Maximum diameter
17.65 mm

Maximum thickness
1.58 mm

Shape
Circular

Edge
Continuously milled

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)   in the centre — a representation of an ox; and
   (b)   around the outside:
         (i)   a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and
           (ii)   the inscriptions:
                   (A)   ‘10 DOLLARS’; and
                   (B)   ‘1/10 oz .9999Au’.

 
 

Item 3
$25 coin

Denomination
$25

Standard composition
At least 99.99% gold

Standard weight and allowable variation
15.792 g + 0.240 g,  ‑ 0.000 g

Maximum diameter
30.10 mm

Maximum thickness
1.80 mm

Shape
Circular

Edge
Continuously milled

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)   in the centre — a representation of an ox; and
   (b)   around the outside:
         (i)   a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and
           (ii)   the inscriptions:
                   (A)   ‘25 DOLLARS’; and
                   (B)   ‘1/2 oz .9999Au’.