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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 4)1
Currency Act 1965

I, NICK SHERRY, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under paragraph 13 (2) (a) and subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 22 June 2009

NICK SHERRY
Assistant Treasurer

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 4).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definition

  In this Determination:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.

4 Specification of standard composition for coin denomination already specified in Act

  For paragraph 13 (2) (a) of the Act, the Act has effect, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, as if the reference in the Schedule to the Act, opposite the reference to the denomination 'Ten dollars', to the standard composition of coins of that denomination included a reference to the standard composition 'At least 99.99% gold'.

5 Specification of coins

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, each item in Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item:
 (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.

6 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 5)

Item 1                                   $5 coin
Denomination                             $5
Standard composition                     At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and allowable variation  36.31 g ± 0.54 g
Maximum diameter                         38.94 mm
Maximum thickness                        3.50 mm
Shape                                    Circular
Edge                                     Continuously milled
Obverse design                           An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials 'IRB', surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                          (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                                          (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2010'.
Reverse design                           A design consisting of:
                                          (a) a representation of a S.25 Sandringham aeroplane; and
                                          (b) a stylised representation of 2 windows side-by-side, one of which contains a representation of a second S.25 Sandringham aeroplane; and
                                          (c) the inscriptions:
                                          (i) 'AVIATION HISTORY — S.25 SANDRINGHAM'; and
                                          (ii) '5 DOLLARS'; and
                                          (d) the initials 'WP'.

Item 2                                   $5 coin
Denomination                             $5
Standard composition                     At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and allowable variation  36.31 g ± 0.54 g
Maximum diameter                         38.94 mm
Maximum thickness                        3.50 mm
Shape                                    Circular
Edge                                     Continuously milled
Obverse design                           An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the initials 'IRB', surrounded by the inscriptions:
                                          (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                                          (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2010'.
Reverse design                           A design consisting of:
                                          (a) a representation of 2 Boeing 747 aeroplanes; and
                                          (b) a stylised representation of a window framing the smaller aeroplane; and
                                          (c) the inscriptions:
                                          (i) 'AVIATION HISTORY — BOEING 747'; and
                                          (ii) '5 DOLLARS'; and
                                          (d) the initials 'WP'.

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