Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 6)
4Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design
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4 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design
(1) For subsection 13A(1) of the Act, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Part 1 of Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item (being a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule to the Act): (a) the coin’s standard weight; and (b) the allowable variation from that standard weight; and (c) the coin’s dimensions; and (d) the coin’s design. (2) A reference in Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin is, for a coin that is circular concave, a reference to the shortest diameter of the coin. (3) A reference in Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin is, for a coin that is triangular with rounded corners, a reference to the perpendicular bisector of the coin.