Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 8)

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2007 (No. 8).

This Determination commences on the day after it is registered.

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 Specification of coins (section 3)

Item 1 $1 coin

Denomination $1

Standard composition Copper, aluminium and nickel

Standard weight and allowable variation 9.00 g ± 0.27 g

Maximum diameter 25.12 mm

Maximum thickness 2.80 mm

Shape Circular

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

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

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2008'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

in the centre:

a representation of the Scouts Australia logo, including the words 'SCOUTS AUSTRALIA'; and

to the left of the logo - the number '1908'; and

to the right of the logo - the number '2008'; and

beneath the logo - the initials 'CG'; and

around the outside - the inscriptions:

'CENTENARY OF SCOUTING'; and

'1 DOLLAR'.

Item 2 $1 coin

Denomination $1

Standard composition At least 99.99% silver

Standard weight and allowable variation 60.46 g ± 0.85 g

Maximum diameter 50.20 mm

Maximum thickness 4.13 mm

Shape Circular

Edge Fully milled

Obverse design A design consisting of:

a background of lines forming a whirlpool pattern; and

in the centre - a representation of the obverse of a 1921 Kookaburra Penny, being an effigy of King George V surrounded by the words 'GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN. REX 1921'; and

around the outside - the inscriptions,

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2008'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

a background of lines forming a whirlpool pattern; and

in the centre - a representation of the reverse of a 1921 Kookaburra Penny, being:

a representation of a kookaburra resting on a branch; and

above that representation - the word 'AUSTRALIA'; and

beneath that representation - the words 'ONE PENNY'; and

around the outside - the inscriptions:

' '1921 KOOKABURRA PENNY' '; and

'ONE DOLLAR'.