{"id":"F2016L01895","name":"Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2016","slug":"currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439045,"registerId":"F2016L01895-fast-fetch-1775955211507","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2016","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.jpeg)\n\n \n\nCurrency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2016\n\nI, Michael McCormack, Minister for Small Business, make the following determination.\n\nDated 2 December 2016\n\nMichael McCormack\n\nMinister for Small Business\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name\n\n2 Commencement\n\n3 Authority\n\n4 Definitions\n\n5 Specification of denominations and standard compositions\n\n6 Standard weight, design and dimensions of coins\n\nSchedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations\n\nPart 1—Specifications of coins\n\n1 Specifications\n\nPart 2—Explanation of symbols\n\n2 Symbols used in Part 1\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination (No. 5) 2016.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under paragraph 13(2)(b) and subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act 1965.\n\n4  Definitions\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nAct means the Currency Act 1965.\n\n5  Specification of denominations and standard compositions\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.\n\n (2) The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this instrument commences, as if:\n\n (a) there were included in the Schedule to the Act the references to denominations of money specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument; and\n\n (b) there were specified in the Schedule to the Act opposite to each such denomination, as the standard composition of coins of that denomination, the standard composition specified for the denomination in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument.\n\n (3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.\n\n6  Standard weight, design and dimensions of coins\n\n (1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.\n\n (2) On and after the day on which this instrument commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of the coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.\n\n (3) Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this instrument explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.\n\n (4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.\n\nSchedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations\n\nNote: See sections 5 and 6.\n\nPart 1—Specifications of coins\n\n \n\n1  Specifications\n\n  Each item of the following table specifies the standard composition, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.\n\n \n\n- Specifications of coins\n- Item Denomination Standard composition Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm) Maximum thickness (mm) Shape Edge Obverse Reverse\n- 1 $2 Copper, aluminium and nickel 6.60 ± 0.60 20.62 3.70 S1 E1 O1 R1\n- 2 2c Copper, tin and zinc 5.2 ± 0.50 21.80 2.40 S1 E2 O1 R2\n- 3 $1 At least 99.9% silver 31.103 + 0.80 40.30 4.00 S1 E3 O1 R3\n- 4 50c Copper and nickel 15.55 ± 0.96 31.65 3.16 S2 E2 O1 R4\n\n\nPart 2—Explanation of symbols\n\n \n\n2  Symbols used in Part 1\n\n  Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Part 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.\n\n \n\n- Explanation of symbols used in Part 1\n- Item Design feature Symbol Explanation\n- 1 Shape S1 Circular\n- 2 Shape S2 Dodecagonal\n- 3 Edge E1 Interrupted milling\n- 4 Edge E2 Plain\n- 5 Edge E3 Continuously Milled\n- 6 Obverse O1 A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:(a) “ELIZABETH II”;(b) “AUSTRALIA”;(c) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year;(d) “IRB”\n- 7 Reverse R1 A design, consisting of:\n\n1. a central circle containing a stylised representation of a part of the ceiling at the Australian War Memorial Hall of Remembrance; and\n2. surrounding that central circle, a pattern of yellow, green, blue and indigo coloured stripes, wherein the stripes are superimposed on 3 concentric circles; and\n3. a circle of raised beads; and\n4. an ornamental border containing 4 lunes and representations of mosaic tiles; and\n5. the following:\n\n\n1. “LEST WE FORGET”;\n2. “TWO DOLLARS”;\n3. the designer’s initials “TD”;\n4. “C”.\n- 8 Reverse R2 A design with:(a) a representation of a kangaroo with a joey in her pouch, leaning towards the ground; and(b) “2”.\n- 9 Reverse R3 A design consisting of:\n\n1. a representation of a rooster, soil and bamboo; and\n2. superimposed on that bamboo, a representation of the Chinese character pronounced “jī” under the Pinyin system and meaning rooster; and(c) “ONE DOLLAR”; and(d) “1 oz .999 Ag”.\n- 10 Reverse R4 A design with:(a) on the left, a representation of Sir Jack Brabham facing right; and(b) on the right, a stylised representation of an 8 lane road, wherein the lanes are coloured in either green, gold or left plain; and(c) a representation of a person driving a BT19 racing car with the number “16” displayed on the side and nose the car; and(d) the following:\n\n1. “50”;\n2. “SIR JACK BRABHAM”;\n3. “F1”;\n4. “WORLD CHAMPION”;\n5. “1959.60.66”;\n6. a stylised representation of the designer’s initials “AB”.\n\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument remains tightly scoped to its original purpose under the Currency Act 1965: specifying the physical characteristics of particular coin denominations. 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It directly affects the Royal Australian Mint, any coin manufacturers and holders of coin by legally defining what is authorised coin.\n\nThe Minister issues the determination; the Mint must produce coins to these statutory specifications, creating clear production and compliance obligations (s3, s5–6)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016","history":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/currency-royal-australian-mint-determination-no-5-2016/documents"}}