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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 5)

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

Dated 7 July 2004

ROSS CAMERON
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 2004 (No. 5).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Specification of coins

 (1) 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.

 (2) A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is not circular, a reference to the distance between two parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

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                5c coin
Denomination          5c
Standard composition  Copper and nickel
Standard weight and   2.83g ± 0.13g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      19.53mm
Maximum thickness     1.55mm
Shape                 Circular
Edge                  Continuously milled
Obverse design        An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB' surrounded by the inscriptions:
                       (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                       (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2005'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of an echidna; and
                       (b) the following inscriptions:
                       (i) '5';
                       (ii) 'SD'.

Item 2                10c coin
Denomination          10c
Standard composition  Copper and nickel
Standard weight and   5.65g ± 0.20g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      23.72mm
Maximum thickness     1.98mm
Shape                 Circular
Edge                  Continuously milled
Obverse design        An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB' surrounded by the inscriptions:
                       (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                       (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2005'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of a lyrebird; and
                       (b) the following inscriptions:
                       (i) '10';
                       (ii) 'SD'.

Item 3                20c coin
Denomination          20c
Standard composition  Copper and nickel
Standard weight and   11.30g ± 0.33g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      28.65mm
Maximum thickness     2.52mm
Shape                 Circular
Edge                  Continuously milled
Obverse design        An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB' surrounded by the inscriptions:
                       (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                       (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2005'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of a soldier, a woman and a child; and
                       (b) the following inscriptions:
                       (i) 'WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945 COMING HOME';
                       (ii) '20'.

Item 4                50c coin
Denomination          50c
Standard composition  Copper and