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Statutory Rules 1989 No. 2291

Currency Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Currency Act 1965.

   Dated 16 August 1989.

BILL HAYDEN
Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

Peter Morris
Minister of State for Industrial Relations for

and on behalf of the. Treasurer

Designs of coins
1. Regulation 4 of the Currency Regulations is amended:
     (a) by inserting after subparagraph 4 (c) (iab) the following subparagraph:
         "(iac) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $5—an effigy of the Queen and the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and '5 DOLLARS', all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;";
     (b) by inserting after subparagraph (d) (viiibd) the following subparagraph:
            "(viiibda) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $5, other than a coin referred to in subparagraph (viiibe)—the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/20 OZ. 9999 GOLD', an inscription of the name of a species of macropod marsupial and a representation of an animal of that species superimposed on a sunburst design, and a reference (in figures) to the

(S.R. 238/89)—Cat. No. 14/27.7.1989

             year of the coin, all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;";
     (c) by omitting subparagraph (viiif) and substituting the following paragraph:
         "(viiif) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $15, other than a coin referred to in subparagraph (viiifa):
               (a) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/10 OZ. 9999 GOLD', a representation of an Australian gold nugget and an inscription of the name of the nugget and the year (in figures) of its discovery superimposed on a sunburst design, and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin, all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin; or
               (b) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/10 OZ. 9999 GOLD', an inscription of the name of a species of macropod marsupial and a representation of an animal of that species superimposed on a sunburst design, and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin, all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;";
     (d) by omitting subparagraph (viiig) and substituting the following paragraph:
          "(viiig) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $25, other than a coin referred to in subparagraph (viiiga):
               (a) the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/4 OZ. 9999 GOLD', a representation of an Australian gold nugget and an inscription of the name of the nugget and the year (in figures) of its discovery superimposed on a sunburst design, and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin, all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of