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2 Symbols used in Part 1 of Schedule
The following table contains explanations of the symbols used in Part 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of coins.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:100%; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="4" style="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 style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">Explanation of symbols used in Part</span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">1</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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 style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">Item</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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 style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">Design Feature</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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 style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">Symbol</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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 style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:8pt">Explanation</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">1</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Shape</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">S1</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Dodecagonal</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">2</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Shape</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">S2</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Circular</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">3</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Edge</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">E1</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Plain</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">4</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Edge</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">E2</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Interrupted milling</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">5</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Obverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">O1</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) the inscription, in numerals, of a year;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(d) ‘IRB’</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">6</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Obverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">O2</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II and the following:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) ‘ELIZABETH II’;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) ‘AUSTRALIA’;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) the inscription, in numerals, of a year;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars, of the denomination of the coin, followed by ‘DOLLAR’, or ‘DOLLARS’ as the case requires;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(e) ‘IRB’;</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(f) 2 representations of a dot</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">7</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R1</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of :</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) a representation of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies logo; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) a stylised pattern consisting of oval shapes, circles and wavy lines; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) the following:</span></p><ol class="awlist1" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-17.14pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-19.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘AIATSIS’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-22.15pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘1964-2014’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-21.64pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘50’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-19.14pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>2 representations of a dot</span></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">8</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R2</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of :</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) a coloured representation of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies logo; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) a stylised pattern consisting of oval shapes, circles and wavy lines; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) the following:</span></p><ol class="awlist2" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-17.14pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-19.65pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘AIATSIS’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-22.15pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘1964-2014’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-21.64pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘50’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-19.14pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:8.65pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>2 representations of a dot</span></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">9</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R3</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) a circle divided into 5 spiralling segments; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) an artist’s impression of a molecular structure; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) an artist’s impression of an aerosol delivery system applying skin cells to a person’s face; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(d) a stylised representation of a fertilisation procedure and a human embryo; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(e) a representation of a Penicillium mould; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(f) a stylised anatomical diagram of a human with a pacemaker implant; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(g) in the foreground, a central circle enclosing the letter ‘M’; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(h) a circle enclosing a stylised representation of the designer’s initials ‘VG’; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(i) the following:</span></p><ol class="awlist3" style="margin:0pt; padding-left:0pt"><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-15.54pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:7.05pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘ONE DOLLAR’;</span></li><li class="Tablea" style="margin-left:40.85pt; text-indent:-18.05pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="width:7.05pt; font:7pt 'Times New Roman'; display:inline-block"></span><span>‘CLEVER AUSTRALIA’</span></li></ol></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">10</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R4</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) a stylised representation of 5 kangaroos; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) a representation of a circle enclosing the letter ‘S’; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) the inscription ‘1 DOLLAR’</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">11</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R5</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">As for item 10, replacing the reference in paragraph (b) to the letter ‘S’ with the letter ‘M’</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">12</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R6</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">As for item 10, replacing the reference in paragraph (b) to the letter ‘S’ with the letter ‘B’</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:7.36%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">13</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">Reverse</span></p></td><td style="width:11.2%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">R7</span></p></td><td style="width:70.26%; 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="Tabletext"><span style="font-size:9pt">A design consisting of:</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(a) a representation of the Victoria Cross for Australia medal; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(b) the names of 100 recipients of the Victoria Cross for Australia medal; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(c) a representation of foliage on either side of the letter ‘V’, arranged in a repetitive pattern immediately inside the outer edge of the coin; and</span></p><p class="Tablea" style="font-size:9pt"><span>(d)</span><span style="width:3.71pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>in the background, 4 raised diagonal lines.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>