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Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 7 of 1997

I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 11 November 1997.

C.R. KEMP
Assistant Treasurer

Citation

 1. This Determination may be cited as the Currency Determination No. 7 of 1997.

Commencement

 2. This Determination commences on 1 January 1998.

Specification of coins

 3. This Determination specifies, for a coin of a kind having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 in Part 1 of the Schedule, and a design specified in column 5 of that Part:
 (a) the standard weight, and allowable variation from that weight, specified for a coin of that kind in column 3 of that Part; and
 (b) the dimensions specified for a coin of that kind in column 4 of that Part.

Application of Determination

 4. This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

SCHEDULE  Clause 3
PART 1—SPECIFICATIONS OF COIN

Column 1      Column 2                                                  Column 3         Column 4    Column 5

Denomination  Standard                                                  Standard weight  Dimensions  Design
              composition                                               and allowable
                                                                        variation (g)    (1)         (2)        (1)     (2)   (3)      (4)
                                                                                         Diameter    Thickness  Shape   Edge  Obverse  Reverse
                                                                                         (mm)        (mm)
50 cents      Copper and nickel                                         15.55  0.40     31.65       2.80       S3      E4    O5       R54

$1            Copper, aluminium and nickel                              9.00  0.28      25.12       2.80       S1      E3    O5       R55

$1            Not less than 99.9% silver                                11.66  0.24     25.12       2.80       S1      E3    O5       R55

                                                                        31.635  0.50    40.60       4.00       S1      E1    O5       R56

                                                                        31.635  0.50    40.60       4.00       S1      E1    O5       R57

$5            Copper, aluminium and nickel                              28.00  0.80     38.90       3.50       S1      E1    O5       R58

$5            Austenitic stainless steel, copper, aluminium and nickel  10.60  0.50     28.12       2.60       S2      E4    O5       R59

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature  Symbol  Explanation
Shape           S1      Circular
                S2      Regular 24‑sided polygon
                S3      Dodecahedral

Edge            E1      Continuous milled
                E3      14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain
                E4      Plain

Design Feature  Symbol  Explanation
Obverse         O5      An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by the inscriptions:
                         (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                         (b) "AUSTRALIA"; and
                         (c) "1998".

Reverse         R54     An effigy of George Bass and an effigy of Matthew Flinders, superimposed on a representation of the South Eastern sector of the Australian mainland and the island of Tasmania showing the approximate route of their exploration of that sector, with the inscriptions:
                         (a) "GEORGE BASS"; and
                         (b) "MATTHEW FLINDERS"; and
                         (c) "DISCOVERY OF BASS STRAIT"; and
                         (d) "1798 ‑ 1998"; and
                         (e) "50".

Reverse         R55     An effigy of Howard Florey, with the inscriptions:
                         (a) "HOWARD FLOREY CENTENARY"; and
                         (b) "1 DOLLAR"; and
                         (c) "C", "S", "M", "B" or "A"; and
                         (d) the monogram "HH".