Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2008 (No. 7)

This Determination is the Currency (Royal Australian Mint) Determination 2008 (No. 7).

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 Specifications of coins (section 3)

Item 1 $1 coin

Denomination $1

Standard composition At least 99.9% silver

Standard weight and allowable variation 31.635 g ± 0.500 g

Maximum diameter 40.15 mm

Maximum thickness 3.50 mm

Shape Circular

Edge Continuously milled

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

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2009'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

in the centre - a representation of an ox; and

around the outside:

a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and

the inscriptions:

'1 DOLLAR'; and

'1 oz .999 silver'.

Item 2 $10 coin

Denomination $10

Standard composition At least 99.99% gold

Standard weight and allowable variation 3.110 g + 0.020 g, ‑ 0.000 g

Maximum diameter 17.65 mm

Maximum thickness 1.58 mm

Shape Circular

Edge Continuously milled

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

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2009'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

in the centre - a representation of an ox; and

around the outside:

a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and

the inscriptions:

'10 DOLLARS'; and

'1/10 oz .9999Au'.

Item 3 $25 coin

Denomination $25

Standard composition At least 99.99% gold

Standard weight and allowable variation 15.792 g + 0.240 g, ‑ 0.000 g

Maximum diameter 30.10 mm

Maximum thickness 1.80 mm

Shape Circular

Edge Continuously milled

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

'ELIZABETH II'; and

'AUSTRALIA 2009'.

Reverse design A design consisting of:

in the centre - a representation of an ox; and

around the outside:

a representation of two phoenixes facing one another; and

the inscriptions:

'25 DOLLARS'; and

'1/2 oz .9999Au'.

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See http://www.frli.gov.au.