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Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 1)1
Currency Act 1965

I, NICK SHERRY, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, make this Determination under paragraph 13 (2) (b) and subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 18 March 2009

NICK SHERRY
Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law

1 Name of Determination

  This Determination is the Currency (Perth Mint) Determination 2009 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definition

  In this Determination:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.

4 Coin denomination and standard composition

 (1) For paragraph 13 (2) (b) of the Act, the Act has effect on and after the day on which this Determination commences as if there were included in the Schedule to the Act, a reference to the denomination 'One dollar' and there were specified in the Schedule, opposite that denomination, the standard composition 'aluminium and bronze' as the standard composition of coins of that denomination.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not affect any other determination made under paragraph 13 (2) (b) of the Act.

5 Specification of coins

  For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, each item in Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item:
 (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.

6 Application of Determination

  The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of coin.
Schedule 1 Specification of coins
(section 5)

Item 1                $1 coin
Denomination          $1
Standard composition  At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and   31.635 g  0.500 g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      40.60 mm
Maximum thickness     4.00 mm
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 2009"; and
                       (c) "1 DOLLAR".
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of a female looking through a telescope with a male standing next to her with one hand on her shoulder and the other hand pointing in the same direction as the telescope; and
                       (b) a background of:
                        (i) a colour-washed representation of the night sky featuring the Southern Cross constellation; and
                       (ii) a stylised representation of the Earth's horizon consisting of a number of lines emanating from a central point located behind the legs of the male and female and surrounded by a border; and
                       (c) the inscriptions:
                       (i) "INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009"; and
                       (ii) "DB"; and
                       (iii)  "P".

Item 2                $1 coin
Denomination          $1
Standard composition  Aluminium and bronze
Standard weight and   13.800 g  0.500 g
allowable variation
Maximum