Currency Determination No. 3 of 1998 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 3 of 1998

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

Dated 12 March 1998.

C.R KEMP Assistant Treasurer

Name of Determination

1. This Determination is Currency Determination No. 3 of 1998.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on 1 April 1998.

Specification of coins

3. This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition specified in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design 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 Standard weight and allowable Dimensions Design

composition variation (g) (1) (2) (1) (2) (3) (4) Diameter Thickness Shape Edge Obverse Reverse (mm) (mm) $5 Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin 20.000  0.500 38.90 2.65 S1 E1 O3 R70 $5 Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin 20.000  0.500 38.90 2.65 S1 E1 O3 R71 $5 Copper, zinc, aluminium, tin 20.000  0.500 38.90 2.65 S1 E1 O3 R72 $5 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E5 O4 R73 $5 99.9% silver 31.635  0.500 40.60 4.00 S1 E5 O4 R74 $100 99.99% gold 10.021  0.020 25.10 2.40 S1 E1 O4 R75