Federal Register of Legislation
Commonwealth of Australia
Currency Act 1965
Currency Determination No. 6 of 1996
I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 9th December 1996.
Assistant Treasurer
Citation
1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 6 of 1996.
Commencement
2. This Determination commences on 13 December 1996.
Specifications of certain coins
3. This Determination specifies, in relation to certain coins having the denominations and standard compositions specified in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weights, the allowable variations from those standard weights, the dimensions and the designs respectively set out in columns 3, 4 and 5 of that Part.
Application of Determination
4. This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.
SCHEDULE Clause 3
PART 1—SPECIFICATIONS OF COINS
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Denomination Standard composition — not less than Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions— Design— (1) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) Diameter Thickness Shape Edge Obverse Reverse (mm) (mm) $1 99.9% silver 31.635 ± 0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R1 R2 R3 R4 $2 99.9% silver 62.770 ± 0.500 50.30 4.50 S1 E2 O1 R5 R6 R7 $5 99.99% gold 1.571 ± 0.015 14.10 1.40 S1 E1 O1 R8 99.95% platinum 1.571 ± 0.015 14.10 1.40 S1 E1 O1 R9 $10 99.9% silver 312.347 ± 1.00 75.50 8.70 S1 E2 O1 R10 $15 99.99% gold 3.133 ± 0.022 16.10 1.50 S1 E1 O1 R11 99.95% platinum 3.137 ± 0.025 16.10 1.32 S1 E1 O1 R12 $25 99.99% gold 7.807 ± 0.030 20.10 2.00 S1 E1 O1 R13 99.95% platinum 7.815 ± 0.035 20.10 1.90 S1 E1 O1 R14 $30 99.9% silver 1002.502 ± 1.50 101.00 14.60 S1 E2 O1 R15 $40 99.95% palladium 31.185 ± 0.066 36.10 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R16 $50 99.99% gold 15.594 ± 0.040 25.10 2.40 S1 E1 O1 R17 R18 99.95% platinum 15.605 ± 0.045 25.10 2.30 S1 E1 O1 R19 $100 99.99% gold 31.162 ± 0.055 32.10 2.80 S1 E1 O1 R20 99.95% platinum 31.185 ± 0.065 32.10 2.70 S1 E1 O1 R21 $200 99.99% gold 62.265 ± 0.05 40.60 4.00 S1 E1 O1 R22 99.95% platinum 62.313 ± 0.075 40.60 3.80 S1 E1 O1 R23
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