Federal Register of Legislation
Commonwealth of Australia Currency Act 1965
Currency Determination No. 5 of 1994
I, PAUL ELLIOTT, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 19 December 1994.
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Citation
1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 5 of 1994.
Commencement
2. This Determination commences on 21 December 1994.
Application of the Determination
3. This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications or design of a coin.
Specifications and design of a 50 cent coin
4. (1) This clause sets out the specifications and design of a coin of the denomination of 50 cents the standard composition of which includes copper and nickel.
(2) The shape of the coin is dodecahedral.
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(3) The edge of the coin is plain.
(4) The standard weight of the coin is 15.55 grams.
(5) A variation of 0.40 grams from the standard weight is allowed.
(6) The diameter of the coin is 31.65 millimetres.
(7) The thickness of the coin is 2.80 millimetres.
(8) The obverse of the coin bears: (a) an effigy of the Queen; and (b) the inscriptions "ELIZABETH II", "AUSTRALIA" and "1995"
(9) The reverse of the coin bears: (a) an effigy of Sir Edward ('Weary') Dunlop against a background representation of barbed wires; and (b) the inscriptions "THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945", "'WEARY' DUNLOP" and "50".
Specifications and design of a $1 coin
5. (1) This clause sets out the specifications and design of a coin of the denomination of $1 the standard composition of which includes copper, aluminium and nickel.
(2) The shape of the coin is circular.
(3) The edge of the coin consists of 14 segments of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain.
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