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Statutory Rules 1986 No. 358 1

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 9 December 1986.

                                                     N. M. STEPHEN
                                       Governor-General
By His Excellency's Command,

C. J. Hurford
Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs for
and on behalf of the Treasurer

Commencement
1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 12 December 1986.

Designs of coins
2. Regulation 4 of the Currency Regulations is amended—
     (a) by omitting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraph:
       "(c) in respect of the obverse side of the coin—
            (i) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $15— an effigy of the Queen and the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and '15 DOLLARS', all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;
            (ii) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $25— an effigy of the Queen and the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and '25 DOLLARS', all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;
            (iii) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $50— an effigy of the Queen and the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and '50 DOLLARS', all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin;

(S.R. 374/86)—Cat. No. 10/1.12.1986

            (iv) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $100— an effigy of the Queen and the inscriptions 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and '100 DOLLARS', all encircled by raised beads inside the rim of the coin; and
            (v) in any other case—an effigy of the Queen, the inscription 'ELIZABETH II AUSTRALIA' and a reference (in figures) to the year of the coin; and"; and

       (b) by inserting after sub-paragraph (d) (viiie) the following subparagraphs:
              "(viiif) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $15—the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/10 OZ. FINE 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;
              (viiig) in the case of a coin of the denomination of $25—the inscription 'THE AUSTRALIAN NUGGET 1/4 OZ. FINE 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;
              (viiih) in the case of a coin of