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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3)

I, ROSS CAMERON, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under paragraph 13 (2) (b) and subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 19 December 2003

ROSS CAMERON

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1 Name of Determination

2 Commencement

3 Standard composition of coins

4 Specification of coins

5 Application of Determination

Schedule 1

Part 1 Specification of coins

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2003 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Standard composition of coins

For paragraph 13 (2) (b) of the Currency Act 1965, that Act has effect, on and after the commencement of this Determination:

(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

(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.

4 Specification of coins

For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, this Determination specifies, for a coin:

(a) the denomination and standard composition in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1; and

(b) the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

5 Application of Determination

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

Schedule 1

(sections 3 and 4)

Part 1 Specification of coins

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Item Denomination (and, where appropriate, nominal weight in ounces) Standard composition Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions Design

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201	Shape	S1	Circular
202	Edge	E1	Continuous milled
203	Edge	E4	Plain
204	Obverse	O31	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 and the monogram ‘IRB’.
205	Obverse	O32	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 a gilded effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’.
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:<br> (a) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br> (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and<br> (iii) ‘ONE DOLLAR’; and<br> (b) a small effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’.
207	Obverse	O34	A circular dump with a design consisting of a circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br> (b) ‘AUSTRALIA’; and<br> (c) ‘25 CENTS’;<br>that, in turn, surround an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the monogram ‘IRB’.
208	Reverse	R366	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and<br> (b) ‘2001’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a representation of a prospector panning for gold against a landscape; and<br> (d) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘P’; and<br> (ii) ‘LK’.
209	Reverse	R367	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and<br> (b) ‘2002’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a representation of two prospectors ‘dry blowing’ with two gold pans and the contents of the pans; and<br> (d) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘P’; and<br> (ii) ‘SA’.
210	Reverse	R368	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and<br> (b) ‘2003’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a representation of an early Australian goldfields ‘canvas town’, with a camel and water storage tank; and<br> (d) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘P’; and<br> (ii) ‘LK’.
211	Reverse	R369	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and<br> (b) ‘2004’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a representation of Eureka Stockade rebel leader Peter Lalor in front of the Eureka flag; and<br> (d) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘P’; and<br> (ii) ‘LK’.
212	Reverse	R370	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/25 OZ. 9999 GOLD’; and<br> (b) ‘2005’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a representation of the ‘Welcome Stranger’ nugget; and<br> (d) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘P’; and<br> (ii) ‘SA’.
213	Reverse	R371	A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘AUSTRALIA FLORIN’; and<br> (b) ‘1954 – 2004’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (c) a gilded stylised representation of a kangaroo and a lion standing together; and<br> (d) the inscription ‘WLB’.
214	Reverse	R372	Immediately inside the rim, a circle consisting of the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘MAWSON STATION: 1954 – 2004’; and<br> (b) ‘Australian Antarctic Territory’; and<br> (c) ‘1 OZ 99.9 SILVER’;<br>that, in turn, surround:<br> (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<br> (e) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘WR’; and<br> (ii) ‘P’.
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:<br> (a) ‘2006 FIFA WORLD CUP’; and<br> (b) ‘GERMANY TM’.
216	Reverse	R374	A circular dump with a design consisting of a representation of a soccer ball.

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Item

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

201

Shape

Circular

202

Edge

Continuous milled

203

Edge

Plain

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

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’.

216

Reverse

R374

A circular dump with a design consisting of a representation of a soccer ball.