Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8)

I, JOE HOCKEY, Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 26 September 2000

JOE HOCKEY Minister for Financial Services and Regulation

Contents

Page 1 Name of Determination 2 Commencement 3 Specification of coins 4 Application of Determination

Schedule 1 Part 1 Specifications of coins Part 2 Explanation of symbols

1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2000 (No. 8).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on gazettal.

3 Specification of coins

(1) This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 2 and 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design specified in columns 4, 5 and 6 of that Part.

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

4 Application of Determination

This Determination does not affect any other Determination of the specifications of a coin. Schedule 1 (section 3)

Part 1 Specifications of coins

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Item Denomination Standard Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions Design composition (1) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) Diameter Thickness Shape Edge Obverse Reverse (mm) max. (mm) max. 101 $1 Not less than 99.9% silver 20.30  0.50 34.10 2.90 S1 E1 O15 R256 102 $10 Not less than 99.9% silver 312.347  1.00 75.50 8.70 S1 E9 O15 R257