Currency Determination No. 6 of 1997 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 6 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 16 September 1997.

C.R. KEMP Assistant Treasurer ____________

Citation

1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 6 of 1997.

Commencement

2. This Determination commences on 19 November 1997.

Specifications of coins

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

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

Denomination Standard Standard weight Dimensions Design composition and allowable variation (g) (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 R53

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

Design Feature Symbol Explanation Shape S1 Circular

Edge E1 Milled

Obverse O1 A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions: (a) "ELIZABETH II"; and (b) "AUSTRALIA"; and (c) "1 DOLLAR"; that, in turn, surround an effigy of the Queen.