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Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 3 of 1998

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

Dated 12 March 1998.

C.R KEMP
Assistant Treasurer

Name of Determination

 1. This Determination is Currency Determination No. 3 of 1998.

Commencement

 2. This Determination commences on 1 April 1998.

Specification of coins

 3. This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design set out in columns 3, 4 and 5 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 COINS

Column 1       Column 2                      Column 3                       Column 4    Column 5

Denomination   Standard                      Standard weight and allowable  Dimensions  Design

               composition
                                             variation (g)                  (1)         (2)        (1)     (2)   (3)      (4)
                                                                            Diameter    Thickness  Shape   Edge  Obverse  Reverse
                                                                            (mm)        (mm)
$5             Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin  20.000  0.500                 38.90       2.65       S1      E1    O3       R70
$5             Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin  20.000  0.500                 38.90       2.65       S1      E1    O3       R71
$5             Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin  20.000  0.500                 38.90       2.65       S1      E1    O3       R72
$5             99.9% silver                  31.635  0.500                 40.60       4.00       S1      E5    O4       R73
$5             99.9% silver                  31.635  0.500                 40.60       4.00       S1      E5    O4       R74
$100           99.99% gold                   10.021  0.020                 25.10       2.40       S1      E1    O4       R75

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature  Symbol  Explanation
Shape           S1      Circular
Edge            E1      Continuous milled
Edge            E5      Plain edge with the inscription "GAMES OF THE XXVII OLYMPIAD" (twice appearing) evenly spaced around the edge to read with the reverse of the coin facing up.
Obverse         O3      An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by the inscriptions:
                         (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                         (b) "AUSTRALIA 2000".
Obverse         O4      An effigy of the Queen, surrounded by:
                         (a) the inscriptions:
                         (i) "ELIZABETH II"; and
                         (ii) "AUSTRALIA 2000"; and
                         (b) an inscription stating, in Arabic numerals, the amount in dollars of the denomination of the coin, followed by the word "DOLLARS".
Reverse         R70     A representation of a football player striking at a football superimposed on a representation of Olympic flames, surrounded by:
                         (a) the inscriptions:
                         (i) "Sydney 2000"; and
                         (ii) "5 DOLLARS"; and
                                 (b) a representation of the Olympic rings.

Reverse         R71     A representation of a triathlete emerging from the water superimposed on a representation of Olympic flames, surrounded by:
                         (a) the inscriptions:
                         (i) "Sydney 2000"; and
                         (ii) "5 DOLLARS"; and
                                 (b) a representation of the Olympic rings.

Reverse         R72     A representation of a cyclist riding a bicycle superimposed on a representation