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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3)

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This Determination sets the technical and design specifications for a single new $5 coin: at least 99.99% silver, a standard weight of 31.635 g (±0.50 g), diameter 40.60 mm, thickness 4.00 mm, circular shape, continuously milled edge, and specific obverse and reverse images (Schedule 1, Parts 1–2). It is made under subsection 13A(1) of the Currency Act by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer.

The instrument authorises the Royal Australian Mint to produce that coin and expressly does not alter the specifications of any other coin (section 4).

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3)

I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 2 May 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1 Name of Determination

2 Commencement

3 Specification of coins

4 Application of Determination

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

Part 1 Specifications

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3).

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 the item 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 the item.

4 Application of Determination

This Determination does not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

(section 3)

Part 1 Specifications

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 $5 At least 99.99% silver 31.635 ± 0.50 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O30 R302

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	Obverse	O30	An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram ‘IRB’, surrounded by the inscriptions:<br> (a) ‘ELIZABETH II’; and<br> (b) ‘AUSTRALIA 2002’; and<br> (c) ‘5 DOLLARS’.
204	Reverse	R302	A representation of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother sitting on a chair and holding a pair of binoculars, surrounded by:<br> (a) a ring of roses and wattle blossoms; and<br> (b) the inscription ‘THE QUEEN MOTHER 1900 – 2002’.

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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3)

I, IAN GORDON CAMPBELL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 2 May 2002

IAN CAMPBELL

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

Contents

1 Name of Determination

2 Commencement

3 Specification of coins

4 Application of Determination

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

Part 1 Specifications

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2002 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coins

4 Application of Determination

This Determination does not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins

(section 3)

Part 1 Specifications

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 $5 At least 99.99% silver 31.635 ± 0.50 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O30 R302

Part 2 Explanation of symbols

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
201