Section 1 - Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 5) - 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

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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

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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

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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’.