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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 3)1
Currency Act 1965

I, BILL SHORTEN, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under sections 13 and 13A of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 24 January 2011

BILL SHORTEN
Assistant Treasurer

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 3).

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 denomination and standard composition

 (1) 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 to the denomination of a coin specified in the following table, to the standard composition of coins of that denomination included a reference to the standard composition specified in the table.

Denomination  Standard composition
50c           At least 99.9% silver

$8            At least 99.9% silver

$20           At least 99.9% silver

 (2) The standard compositions mentioned in subsection (1) for a denomination are taken to be specified in the Schedule to the Act in addition to any other standard composition or compositions that are, or are taken to be, specified in the Schedule for that denomination.

5 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design

 (1) For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item (being a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule to the Act):
 (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.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not affect any other determination of the standard weight and allowable variation, dimensions or design of a coin, made under subsection 13A (1) of the Act.

6 Design – explanation of symbols

  Each item in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins in Part 1 of Schedule 1.
     Schedule 1
(section 5)

Part 1 Specifications of coins

Item                    Denomination             Standard composition      Standard weight and allowable variation (g)  Dimensions  Design

 Maximum diameter (mm)   Maximum thickness (mm)   Shape                     Edge                                         Obverse     Reverse