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This determination authorises The Perth Mint to manufacture and sell a specified set of commemorative and investment coins as official Australian currency, providing the legal and technical specifications for their weight, purity, designs and special finishes. It affects The Perth Mint, collectors and investors, and Treasury: it grants legal tender status and guarantees consistency and authenticity so buyers and regulators can rely on the coins’ exact legal standards.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019.
This instrument is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019.
(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.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.</span><span> </span><span>The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The day after this instrument is registered.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>19 February 2019</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: 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.
(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.
This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.
In this instrument:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act. (2) The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this instrument commences, as if: (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 (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. (3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act. (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. (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. (4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations
Note: See sections 5 and 6.
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This instrument is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019.
(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.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.</span><span> </span><span>The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The day after this instrument is registered.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>19 February 2019</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: 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.
(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.
This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.
In this instrument:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act. (2) The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this instrument commences, as if: (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 (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. (3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act. (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. (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. (4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations
Note: See sections 5 and 6.
This instrument is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination (No. 1) 2019.
(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.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:407.5pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement information</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 1</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 2</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Column 3</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Provisions</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Commencement</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Date/Details</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:95.65pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1.</span><span> </span><span>The whole of this instrument</span></p></td><td style="width:209pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>The day after this instrument is registered.</span></p></td><td style="width:81.45pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.35pt; padding-left:5.35pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>19 February 2019</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Note: 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.
(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.
This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.
In this instrument:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act. (2) The Act has effect, on and after the day on which this instrument commences, as if: (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 (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. (3) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of paragraph 13(2)(b) of the Act.
(1) This section is made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act. (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. (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. (4) This section does not affect any other provision of a determination made for the purposes of subsection 13A(1) of the Act.
Schedule 1—Standard composition, standard weight, design and dimensions of coins of specified denominations
Note: See sections 5 and 6.
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.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:418.5pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr style="height:11pt"><td colspan="11" style="width:411.1pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Specifications of coins</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:84.3pt"><td style="width:21.25pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:63.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Denomination</span></p></td><td style="width:63.75pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Standard composition</span></p></td><td style="width:70.9pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Standard weight and allowable variation (g)</span></p></td><td style="width:35.4pt; height:84.3pt; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:bottom; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm)</span></p></div></td><td style="width:28.35pt; height:84.3pt; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:bottom; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Maximum thickness (mm)</span></p></div></td><td style="width:10.6pt; height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Shape</span></p></div></td><td style="width:17.7pt; height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Edge</span></p></div></td><td style="width:17.55pt; height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Obverse</span></p></div></td><td style="width:17.9pt; height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top; -moz-transform:rotate(180deg); -ms-transform:rotate(180deg); -webkit-transform:rotate(180deg); overflow:hidden; transform:rotate(180deg)"><div style="height:84.3pt; margin-left:auto; writing-mode:tb-rl; overflow:hidden"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-left:5.65pt"><span>Reverse</span></p></div></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:21.25pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:61.95pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>$15</span></p></td><td colspan="2" style="width:65.6pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>At least 99.99% gold</span></p></td><td style="width:70.9pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext"><span>3.131 ± 0.020</span></p></td><td style="width:35.4pt; border-top:1.5pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:3.55pt; padding-left:3.55pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="text-align:right"><span>16.60</span></p></td><td style="wid
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