Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 5)
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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 5)
I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 9 June 2000
JOE HOCKEY
Minister for Financial Services and Regulation
Contents
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1 Name of Determination
2 Commencement
3 Specification of coins
4 Application of Determination
Schedule 1
Part 1 Specifications of coins
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
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1 Name of Determination
This Determination is Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 5).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on gazettal.
3 Specification of coins
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 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 $100 Not less than 99.99% gold 10.021 0.020 25.10 2.40 S1 E1 O15 R235
- 102 $5 Not less than 99.9% silver 31.635 0.50 40.60 4.00 S1 E4 O14 R236
- 103 $5 Copper, aluminium, zinc and tin 20.00 0.50 38.90 2.65 S1 E1 O14 R237
Part 2 Explanation of symbols
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Design Feature | Symbol | Explanation |
| 201 | Shape | S1 | Circular |
| 202 | Edge | E1 | Continuously milled |
| 203 | Edge | E4 | Plain |
| 204 | Obverse | O14 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:<br>(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br>(b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’. |
| 205 | Obverse | O15 | An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by:<br>(a) the inscriptions:<br> (i) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br> (ii) ‘AUSTRALIA 2000’; and<br>(b) an inscription stating, in arabic numerals, the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word ‘DOLLARS’. |
| 206 | Reverse | R235 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising:<br>(a) a representation of part of an athletic track; and<br>(b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and<br>(c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’;<br>superimposed on an artist’s representation of the world. |
| 207 | Reverse | R236 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising:<br>(a) an artist’s representation of an athlete in a wheel chair with right hand on top of a ball and left hand holding a wheel of the chair, superimposed on straight and circular lines; and<br>(b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and<br>(c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’; and<br>(d) the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS’. |
| 208 | Reverse | R237 | A design, immediately inside the rim, comprising<br>(a) an artist’s representation of an athlete in a wheel chair racing on an athletic track; and<br>(b) a representation of the Paralympics Games logo, printed in colour; and<br>(c) the inscription ‘PARALYMPIC GAMES SYDNEY 2000’ and, under it, the trademark symbol ‘TM’ and the copyright symbol ‘©’; and<br>(d) the inscription ‘5 DOLLARS’. |