{"id":"F2005B03086","name":"Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)","slug":"currency-perth-mint-determination-2003-no-3","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":436642,"registerId":"F2005B03086-fast-fetch-1775953773251","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n\n\nCurrency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)\n\nI, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under paragraph 13 (2) (b) and subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.\n\nDated 19 December 2003\n\nROSS CAMERON\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\nContents\n\n 1 Name of Determination \n\n 2 Commencement \n\n 3 Standard composition of coins \n\n 4 Specification of coins \n\n 5 Application of Determination \n\nSchedule 1 \n\nPart 1 Specification of coins \n\nPart 2 Explanation of symbols \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Determination\n\n This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3).\n\n2 Commencement\n\n This Determination commences on gazettal.\n\n3 Standard composition of coins\n\n For paragraph 13 (2) (b) of the Currency Act 1965, that Act has effect, on and after the commencement of this Determination:\n\n (a) as if there were included in the Schedule to that Act the denominations of money mentioned in column 2 of items 101, 102, 103, 104 and 105 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and\n\n (b) as if there were specified in the Schedule opposite those denominations, as the standard composition of coins of those denominations, the standard composition mentioned in column 3 of those items.\n\n4 Specification of coins\n\n For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, this Determination specifies, for a coin:\n\n (a) the denomination and standard composition in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and\n\n (b) the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.\n\n5 Application of Determination\n\n The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specification of a coin.\n\nSchedule 1 \n\n(sections 3 and 4)\n\nPart 1 Specification of coins\n\n \n\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6\n- Item Denomination (and, where appropriate, nominal weight in ounces) Standard composition Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions Design\n- (1) Diameter (mm) (2) Thickness (mm) (1) Shape (2) Edge (3) Obverse (4) Reverse\n- 101 $4 (1/25 oz) Not less than 99.99% gold 1.25 0.015 14.10 1.10 S1 E1 O31 R366\n- 102 $4 (1/25 oz) Not less than 99.99% gold 1.25 0.015 14.10 1.10 S1 E1 O31 R367\n- 103 $4 (1/25 oz) Not less than 99.99% gold 1.25 0.015 14.10 1.10 S1 E1 O31 R368\n- 104 $4 (1/25 oz) Not less than 99.99% gold 1.25 0.015 14.10 1.10 S1 E1 O31 R369\n- 105 $4 (1/25 oz) Not less than 99.99% gold 1.25 0.015 14.10 1.10 S1 E1 O31 R370\n- 106 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O32 R371\n- 107 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O31 R372\n- 108 $1 (0.8178 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 25.435 0.250 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O33 R373\n- 109 25 cents (0.19 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 6.20 0.250 17.60 4.00 S1 E4 O34 R374\n\n\nPart 2 Explanation of symbols\n\n \n\n| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Item | Design Feature | Symbol | Explanation |\n| 201 | Shape | S1 | Circular |\n| 202 | Edge | E1 | Continuous milled |\n| 203 | Edge | E4 | Plain |\n| 204 | Obverse | O31 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:
(a) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
(ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and
(b) an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’ or ‘DOLLARS’, as the case requires;
that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |\n| 205 | Obverse | O32 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:
(a) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
(ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and
(b) an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLAR’ or ‘DOLLARS’, as the case requires;
that, in turn, surround a gilded effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |\n| 206 | Obverse | O33 | A holey dollar comprising a silver annulus with a circular hole in the centre and a design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:
(a) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
(ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and
(iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and
(b) a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |\n| 207 | Obverse | O34 | A circular dump with a design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and
(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and
(c) ‘25 CENTS’;
that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’. |\n| 208 | Reverse | R366 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and
(b) ‘2001’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a representation of a prospector panning for gold against a landscape; and
(d) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘P’; and
(ii) ‘LK’. |\n| 209 | Reverse | R367 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and
(b) ‘2002’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a representation of two prospectors ‘dry blowing’ with two gold pans and the contents of the pans; and
(d) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘P’; and
(ii) ‘SA’. |\n| 210 | Reverse | R368 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and
(b) ‘2003’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a representation of an early Australian goldfields ‘canvas town’, with a camel and water storage tank; and
(d) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘P’; and
(ii) ‘LK’. |\n| 211 | Reverse | R369 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and
(b) ‘2004’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a representation of Eureka Stockade rebel leader Peter Lalor in front of the Eureka flag; and
(d) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘P’; and
(ii) ‘LK’. |\n| 212 | Reverse | R370 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and
(b) ‘2005’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a representation of the ‘Welcome Stranger’ nugget; and
(d) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘P’; and
(ii) ‘SA’. |\n| 213 | Reverse | R371 | A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:
(a) ‘AUSTRALIA FLORIN’; and
(b) ‘1954 – 2004’;
that, in turn, surround:
(c) a gilded stylised representation of a kangaroo and a lion standing together; and
(d) the inscription ‘WLB’. |\n| 214 | Reverse | R372 | Immediately inside the rim, a circle consisting of the inscriptions:
(a) ‘MAWSON STATION: 1954 – 2004’; and
(b) ‘Australian Antarctic Territory’; and
(c) ‘1 OZ 99.9 SILVER’;
that, in turn, surround:
(d) a representation of Mawson Station, pad-printed in colour, with water, ice floes and an adult and a young penguin in the foreground and a mountain in the background, superimposed on an outline of Antarctica, that in turn is superimposed on a representation of parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude radiating from the South Pole, with some areas shaded; and
(e) the inscriptions:
(i) ‘WR’; and
(ii) ‘P’. |\n| 215 | Reverse | R373 | A holey dollar comprising a silver annulus with a circular hole in the centre and a design consisting of a circle, immediately inside the rim, comprising representations of soccer players in action with soccer balls, that in turn surround the inscriptions:
(a) ‘2006 FIFA WORLD CUP’; and
(b) ‘GERMANY TM’. |\n| 216 | Reverse | R374 | A circular dump with a design consisting of a representation of a soccer ball. |\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: authorising specific commemorative coin issues with detailed specifications. It does not expand beyond the technical and administrative function of coin specification under the Currency Act 1965."},"complexity_factors":["Heavy reliance on symbolic shorthand (S1, E1, O31, R366, etc.) requiring cross-referencing to Part 2 for interpretation","Nested descriptive structure for coin designs (beads enclosing inscriptions surrounding images)","Precise technical specifications with measurement tolerances (e.g., '1.25 ± 0.015' grams)","Multiple cross-references to the Currency Act 1965 (paragraphs 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1))","Tabular format with six columns and multiple sub-columns creating parsing complexity","Conditional design elements (e.g., 'DOLLAR' or 'DOLLARS' as the case requires)"],"plain_english_summary":"This law authorises the Perth Mint to produce nine specific commemorative coins for circulation or collection. It sets out the exact physical specifications for each coin—what they're made of, how much they weigh, their size, and what designs appear on the front (obverse) and back (reverse).\n\n**Key details:**\n- **Five gold coins** worth $4 each (1/25 ounce of 99.99% pure gold), featuring Australian gold rush history themes from 2001–2005\n- **Three silver coins** worth $1 each, commemorating the 1954 Australian florin, Mawson Station's 50th anniversary, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup\n- **One silver coin** worth 25 cents, also for the 2006 FIFA World Cup\n\nThe law ensures these coins meet strict quality standards (weight tolerances, purity levels) and specifies artistic details down to the lettering and images. The coins are legal tender, meaning they can technically be used to pay debts, though their metal value typically exceeds their face value.\n\n**Who it affects:** Coin collectors, the Perth Mint, and anyone who might receive these coins in transactions. It matters because it creates legitimate Australian currency with historical and cultural significance, while protecting consumers through guaranteed metal content and specifications."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination stays within the original, narrow purpose of giving technical specifications for Perth Mint coins under the Currency Act 1965. It adds specific coin entries (denomination, composition, weights, dimensions and design codes) but does not expand or change the legal powers or broaden the scope of the Act beyond specifying coin standards. 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It obliges the Mint (and any manufacturers) to strike those coins to the recorded specifications and gives government bodies, dealers and collectors an authoritative standard for verifying authenticity. Practically, it standardises production and market confidence in those coins while leaving other coin-specification rules unchanged."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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