Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 8)

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2004 (No. 8).

This Determination commences on the date of its notification in the Gazette.

For subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965, each item in Schedule 1 specifies:

the denomination of a coin; and

the coin's standard composition; and

the coin's standard weight, and the allowable variation from that weight; and

the coin's dimensions; and

the coin's design.

The specifications in Schedule 1 do not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

Schedule 1 Specifications of coins (section 3)

Item 1 $1 coin

Denomination $1

Standard composition At least 99.9% silver

Standard weight and allowable variation 11.66g ± 0.240g

Maximum diameter 25.12mm

Maximum thickness 2.80mm

Shape Circular

Edge 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

Obverse design An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB' surrounded by the inscriptions:

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2005'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

a representation of the silhouette of an Australian soldier playing a bugle; and

the following inscriptions:

'GALLIPOLI';

'LEST WE FORGET';

'1915 - 2005';

'1 DOLLAR'.

Item 2 $1 coin

Denomination $1

Standard composition Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation 9.00g ± 0.280g

Maximum diameter 25.12mm

Maximum thickness 2.80mm

Shape Circular

Edge 14 segments, of which 7 are milled and 7 are plain

Obverse design An effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, and the monogram 'IRB' surrounded by the inscriptions:

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2005'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

a representation of the silhouette of an Australian soldier playing a bugle; and

the following inscriptions:

'GALLIPOLI';

'LEST WE FORGET';

'1915 - 2005';

'1 DOLLAR';

'B', 'C', 'M', 'S', 'H', 'P', 'D', 'A' or 'G'.