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Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 2) Currency Act 1965
I, BERNIE RIPOLL, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, make this Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.
Dated 12 April 2012
BERNIE RIPOLL Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer 1 Name of Determination
This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2012 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.
3 Definitions
In this Determination:
Act means the Currency Act 1965.
4 Standard weight, allowable variation, dimensions and design
(1) For subsection 13A (1) of the Act, on and after the day on which this Determination commences, each item in Part 1 of 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 Act): (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) A reference in Schedule 1 to the diameter of a coin is, for a coin that is tetradecagonal, a reference to the shortest diameter of the coin.
5 Application of Determination
Section 4 does not affect any other determination of the standard weight and allowable variation, dimensions or design of a coin, made under subsection 13A (1) of the Act.
Schedule 1 (section 4)
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 50c Copper and nickel 15.37±1.00 31.81 2.85 S2 E3 O1 R1 2 50c Copper and nickel 15.37±1.00 31.81 2.85 S2 E3 O2 R2 3 $1 Not less than 99.9% silver 31.103+3.00 40.50 3.80 S1 E1 O3 R3 4 $10 Not less than 99.9% silver 155.51+3.00 65.50 5.70 S1 E1 O4 R4 5 $30 Not less than 99.9% silver 1000.00+9.50 100.90 14.00 S1 E1 O5 R5 6 $100 Not less than 99.99% gold 31.103+1.50 39.00 2.50 S1 E1 O6 R6 7 $500 Not less than 99.99% gold 155.51+1.80 61.00 4.30 S1 E1 O7 R7 8 $3000 Not less than 99.99% gold 1000.00+3.00 75.30 14.00 S1 E1 O8 R8 9 $5 Aluminium, zinc and bronze 20.00 ± 0.80 39.00 2.80 S1 E2 O1 R9 10 $5 Aluminium, zinc and bronze 20.00 ± 0.80 39.00 2.80 S1 E2 O1 R10
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