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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 4)
Currency Act 1965

I, CHRISTOPHER JOHN PEARCE, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 6 July 2007

CHRIS PEARCE
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 4).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Specifications of coin

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, Schedule 1 specifies:
 (a) the denomination of a coin; and
 (b) the coin's standard composition; and
 (c) the coin's standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and
 (d) the coin's dimensions; and
 (e) the coin's design.

4 Application of Determination

  The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.
Schedule 1 Specifications of coin
(section 3)

Item 1                                   50c coin
Denomination                             50c
Standard composition                     Copper and nickel
Standard weight and allowable variation  15.55g ± 0.40g
Maximum diameter                         31.51mm
Maximum thickness                        2.80mm
Shape                                    Dodecagonal
Edge                                     Plain
Obverse design                           An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials 'IRB', surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                          (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                                          (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2007'.
Reverse design                           A design consisting of:
                                          (a) in the centre:
                                          (i) a representation of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, in silhouette; and
                                          (ii) a representation of a sparkling diamond inscribed with '60th.'; and
                                          (b) in an outer ring:
                                          (i) a diagrammatic representation of 60 Royal trumpets; and:
                                          (ii) the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH AND PHILIP', 'WEDDING ANNIVERSARY' and 'FIFTY CENTS'; and
                                          (iii) 'SD'.