Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 7) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 7)

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

Dated 30 July 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. 7).

2 Commencement

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

3 Specification of coins

(1) For subsection 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 Not less than 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 2005'. Reverse design A design consisting of: (a) a representation of an echidna; and (b) the following inscriptions: (i) '5'; (ii) 'SD'.