Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 5) (Cth)

Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 5)1 Currency Act 1965

I, BILL SHORTEN, Assistant Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 26 October 2010

BILL SHORTEN Assistant Treasurer 1 Name of Determination

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2010 (No. 5).

2 Commencement

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design

(1) For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Schedule 1 specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in the item (being a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified, in the Schedule to the Currency Act 1965): (a) the coin's standard weight; and (b) the allowable variation from that standard weight; and (c) the coin's dimensions; and (d) the coin's design.

(2) Subsection (1) does not affect any other determination of the standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design of a coin made under subsection 13A (1) of the Act. Schedule 1 (section 3)

Part 1 Specifications of coins

Item Denomination Standard composition Standard weight and allowable variation (g) Dimensions Design Maximum diameter (mm) Maximum thickness (mm) Shape Edge Obverse Reverse 1 20c Copper and nickel 11.30 ± 0.33 28.65 2.52 S1 E1 O1 R1 2 50c Copper and nickel 15.55 ± 0.40 31.65 2.80 S2 E2 O2 R2 3 $1 At least 99.9% silver 11.66 ± 0.24 25.12 2.80 S1 E3 O3 R3 4 $1 Copper, aluminium and nickel 9.00 ± 0.27 25.12 2.80 S1 E3 O3 R4