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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 10 October 2000

JOE HOCKEY

Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Contents

Page

1 Name of Determination

2 Commencement

3 Specification of coin

4 Application of Determination

Schedule 1

Part 1 Specifications of coins

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coin

This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

4 Application of Determination

The specifications in this Determination do not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1

(section 3)

Part 1 Specifications of coins

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Item Denomination and normal weight in ounces or kilograms Standard composition Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions Design
(1) Diameter (mm) (2) Thickness (mm) (1) Shape (2) Edge (3) Obverse (4) Reverse
101 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R257
102 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R258
103 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R259
104 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R260
105 $1 (1 oz) Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R261

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E1	Milled
203	Edge	E2	8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain
204	Obverse	O1	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing:<br>(a) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br> (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and<br>(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;<br>that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II.
205	Reverse	R257	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Massachusetts.
206	Reverse	R258	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Maryland.
207	Reverse	R259	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of South Carolina.
208	Reverse	R260	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of New Hampshire.
209	Reverse	R261	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Virginia.
210	Reverse	R262	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) 5 individual circular privy marks, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.
211	Reverse	R263	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 KILO 999 SILVER’; and<br>(b) ‘2000’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br>(c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and<br>(d) 5 individual circular privy marks in gold, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

Circular

202

Edge

Milled

203

Edge

8 segments, of which 4 are milled and 4 are plain

204

Obverse

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.

205

Reverse

R257

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and (b) ‘2000’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and (d) a circular privy mark incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US State of Massachusetts.

206

Reverse

R258

207

Reverse

R259

208

Reverse

R260

209

Reverse

R261

210

Reverse

R262

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 2 OZ. 999 SILVER’; and (b) ‘2000’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and (d) 5 individual circular privy marks, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.

211

Reverse

R263

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1 KILO 999 SILVER’; and (b) ‘2000’; that, in turn, surround: (c) a representation of a kookaburra perched on a wattle branch; and (d) 5 individual circular privy marks in gold, each incorporating a representation of the reverse of a United States Quarter Dollar commemorating the US States of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia.