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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2006 (No. 3)
Currency Act 1965

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

Dated 30 October  2006

CHRIS PEARCE
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

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2006 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Specification of coins

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in 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 coins
(section 3)

Item 1                                   $5 coin
Denomination                             $5
Standard composition                     At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and allowable variation  36.31g ± 0.54g
Maximum diameter                         38.94mm
Maximum thickness                        3.50mm
Shape                                    Circular
Edge                                     Continuously milled
Obverse                                  An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials "IRB", surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                           (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                                           (b) "AUSTRALIA 2007".
Reverse                                  A design consisting of:
                                           (a) a representation of part of the painting "Curve of the Bridge" by Grace Cossington Smith; and
                                           (b) the inscriptions:
                                               (i) "CURVE OF THE BRIDGE"; and
                                               (ii) "5 DOLLARS"; and
                                               (iii) "GRACE COSSINGTON SMITH 1892–1984".

Item 2                                   $5 coin
Denomination                             $5
Standard composition                     At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and allowable variation  36.31g ± 0.54g
Maximum diameter                         38.94mm
Maximum thickness                        3.50mm
Shape                                    Circular
Edge                                     Continuously milled
Obverse                                  An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials "IRB", surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                           (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                                           (b) "AUSTRALIA 2007".
Reverse                                  A design consisting of:
                                           (a) a representation of the painting "Margaret Olley" by William Dobell; and
                                           (b) the inscriptions:
                                               (i) "WILLIAM DOBELL 1899–1970"; and
                                               (ii) "MARGARET OLLEY"; and
                                               (iii) "5 DOLLARS".

Item 3                                   $5 coin
Denomination                             $5
Standard composition                     At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and allowable variation  36.31g ± 0.54g
Maximum diameter                         38.94mm
Maximum thickness                        3.50mm
Shape                                    Circular
Edge                                     Continuously milled
Obverse                                  An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials "IRB", surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                           (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                                           (b) "AUSTRALIA 2007".
Reverse                                  A design consisting of:
                                           (a) a representation of part of the painting "Implement Blue" by Margaret Preston; and
                                           (b) the inscriptions:
                                               (i) "MARGARET PRESTON"; and
                                               (ii) "1875–1963"; and
                                               (iii) "IMPLEMENT BLUE"; and
                                               (iv) "5 DOLLARS".

Item 4                $5 coin
Denomination          $5
Standard composition  At least 99.9%