Currency Determination No. 1 of 1997 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 1 of 1997

I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 9 April 1997.

C.R. KEMP Assistant Treasurer ____________

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 1 of 1997.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on 15 April 1997.

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

Denom‑ Standard Standard weight Dimensions— Design— ination composition and allowable (1) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) variation (g) Diameter Thickness Shape Edge Obverse Reverse (mm) (mm) $1 Not less 99.9% silver 11.66  0.24 25.12 2.80 S1 E3 O2 R25 $5 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 35.79  0.63 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O2 R32 $5 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 35.79  0.63 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O2 R33 $5 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 35.79  0.63 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O2 R34 $5 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 35.79  0.63 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O2 R35 $5 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 35.79  0.63 38.90 3.50 S1 E1 O2 R36 $10 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 20.00  0.50 34.10 2.90 S1 E1 O2 R37 $10 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper 40.00  0.50 34.10 5.10 S1 E1 O2 R37