{"id":"F2005L00821","name":"Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2005 (No. 2)","slug":"currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-2005-no-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":436651,"registerId":"F2005L00821-fast-fetch-1775953779944","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2005 (No. 2)","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![](image.001.png)\n\nCurrency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2005 (No. 2)\n\nI, CHRIS PEARCE, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.\n\nDated  14 March  2005\n\nCHRIS PEARCE\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\nContents\n\n 1 Name of Determination \n\n 2 Commencement \n\n 3 Specification of coins \n\n 4 Application of Determination \n\nSchedule 1 Specifications of coins \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1 Name of Determination\n\n  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2005 (No. 2).\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.\n\n3 Specification of coins\n\n  For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin of the denomination of 50 cents:\n\n (a) the coin’s standard composition; and\n\n (b) the coin’s standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and\n\n (c) the coin’s dimensions; and\n\n (d) the coin’s design.\n\n4 Application of Determination\n\n  The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specification of a coin.\n\nSchedule 1 Specifications of coins\n\n(section 3)\n\n \n\n \n\n- Denomination 50 cents\n- Standard composition Copper and nickel\n- Standard weight and allowable variation 15.55g ± 0.40 g\n- Maximum diameter 31.65mm\n- Maximum thickness 2.80mm\n- Shape Dodecagonal\n- Edge Plain\n- Obverse design An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions: (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2006’.\n- Reverse design Any of the following designs:\n- 1 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing basketball with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 2 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing hockey with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 3 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person shooting with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 4 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a weightlifter with 2 swirling lines around the weightlifter; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 5 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing badminton with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 6 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a gymnast with 2 swirling lines around the gymnast; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 7 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing rugby with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 8 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person cycling with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 9 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of an athlete running with 2 swirling lines around the athlete; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 10 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person competing in a triathlon with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 11 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing netball with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 12 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing table tennis with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 13 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person swimming with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 14 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person boxing with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 15 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a lawn bowler with 2 swirling lines around the lawn bowler; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n- 16 A design consisting of: (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing squash with 2 swirling lines around the person; and (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and (c) the inscriptions: (i) ‘XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES’; and (ii) ‘50’.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its original purpose: authorising specific commemorative coins for a specific event. It has not expanded beyond the technical specification of coinage under the Currency Act 1965."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (4 sections plus schedule)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Currency Act 1965","Simple conditional logic (section 4 is a straightforward savings clause)","Repetitive structure in Schedule 1 (16 nearly identical design descriptions with only the sport varying)","Technical specifications are purely factual/measurement-based with no legal tests or thresholds"],"plain_english_summary":"The law authorises the Royal Australian Mint to issue a set of 16 commemorative 50‑cent coins for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, each bearing a sport pictogram, the Games logo and standard obverse inscriptions. It prescribes the coins’ metal, weight, dimensions and dodecagonal shape so the Mint can legally produce them. This affects the Mint and collectors and satisfies the Currency Act’s requirement for Parliamentary approval of new coin designs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of the Currency Act; it exercises the delegated power to specify coin characteristics and designs for the 50‑cent coin. Section 3 provides the specifications; section 4 confirms the specifications do not affect other determinations, so the Determination implements design/manufacturing details rather than expanding legal effects or obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Technical manufacturing specifications (composition, weight ±0.40 g, diameter, thickness, dodecagonal shape) impose precise tolerances for production.","Multiple authorised reverse designs (16 pictogram variants) increase tooling and production planning complexity for the Mint.","Legal basis is a single statutory power (Currency Act s13A(1)); the Determination is narrow in legal effect but binding on minting practice (see section 3).","Non‑affectation clause (section 4) clarifies this Determination does not override other coin specifications, requiring cross‑checking with prior determinations.","Commencement timing (day after registration) creates a hard operational start date for implementation by the Mint.","Low regulatory compliance burden beyond the Mint; no new obligations on the public, no change to legal‑tender status."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination, made under subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965, sets the physical specifications and authorised obverse and multiple reverse designs for the 50‑cent coin (composition, weight tolerance, dimensions, shape, edge and inscriptions) for minting. It governs how the Royal Australian Mint must produce that denomination. It affects the Mint (production and compliance), cash handlers and collectors, and the Commonwealth (which funds minting); it fixes manufacturing tolerances and design choices without changing legal‑tender status (see ss 3–4)."},"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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