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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2005 (No. 2)

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

Dated  14 March  2005

CHRIS PEARCE
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 2005 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Specification of coins

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin of the denomination of 50 cents:
 (a) the coin's standard composition; and
 (b) the coin's standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and
 (c) the coin's dimensions; and
 (d) the coin's design.

4 Application of Determination

  The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specification of a coin.
Schedule 1 Specifications of coins
(section 3)

Denomination          50 cents
Standard composition  Copper and nickel
Standard weight and   15.55g ± 0.40 g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      31.65mm
Maximum thickness     2.80mm
Shape                 Dodecagonal
Edge                  Plain
Obverse design        An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB', surrounded by the inscriptions:
                       (a) 'ELIZABETH II'; and
                       (b) 'AUSTRALIA 2006'.
Reverse design        Any of the following designs:
                      1                                                                                         A design consisting of:
                                                                                                                 (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing basketball with 2 swirling lines around the person; and
                                                                                                                 (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and
                                                                                                                 (c) the inscriptions:
                                                                                                                 (i) 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES'; and
                                                                                                                 (ii) '50'.
                      2                                                                                         A design consisting of:
                                                                                                                 (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing hockey with 2 swirling lines around the person; and
                                                                                                                 (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and
                                                                                                                 (c) the inscriptions:
                                                                                                                 (i) 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES'; and
                                                                                                                 (ii) '50'.
                      3                                                                                         A design consisting of:
                                                                                                                 (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person shooting with 2 swirling lines around the person; and
                                                                                                                 (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and
                                                                                                                 (c) the inscriptions:
                                                                                                                 (i) 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES'; and
                                                                                                                 (ii) '50'.
                      4                                                                                         A design consisting of:
                                                                                                                 (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a weightlifter with 2 swirling lines around the weightlifter; and
                                                                                                                 (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and
                                                                                                                 (c) the inscriptions:
                                                                                                                 (i) 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES'; and
                                                                                                                 (ii) '50'.
                      5                                                                                         A design consisting of:
                                                                                                                 (a) a representation, in pictogram style, of a person playing badminton with 2 swirling lines around the person; and
                                                                                                                 (b) a representation of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games logo; and
                                                                                                                 (c) the inscriptions:
                                                                                                                 (i) 'XVIII COMMONWEALTH GAMES'; and
                                                                                                                 (ii) '50'.
                      6                                                                                         A design