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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 3)

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

Dated 24 May 2004

ROSS CAMERON
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 2004 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

  This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

3 Specification of coins

 (1) For subsections 13 (2) and 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in Schedule 1 specifies:
 (a) the denomination of a coin; and
 (b) the coin's standard composition; and
 (c) the coin's standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and
 (d) the coin's dimensions; and
 (e) the coin's design.

 (2) A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is not circular, a reference to the distance between two parallel faces of the edge of the coin.

4 Application of Determination

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

Item 1                5c coin
Denomination          5c
Standard composition  At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and   3.24g ± 0.12g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      19.53mm
Maximum thickness     1.55mm
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 2004'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of an echidna; and
                       (b) the inscription '5'.

Item 2                10c coin
Denomination          10c
Standard composition  At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and   6.57g ± 0.17g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      23.72mm
Maximum thickness     1.98mm
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 2004'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of a lyrebird; and
                       (b) the inscription '10'.

Item 3                20c coin
Denomination          20c
Standard composition  At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and   13.36g ± 0.30g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      28.65mm
Maximum thickness     2.52mm
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 2004'.
Reverse design        A design consisting of:
                       (a) a representation of a platypus with water swirls; and
                       (b) the inscription '20'.

Item 4                50c coin
Denomination          50c
Standard composition  At least 99.9% silver
Standard weight and   18.24g ± 0.40g
allowable variation
Maximum diameter      31.65mm
Maximum