Commonwealth of Australia

Currency Act 1965

Currency Determination No. 6 of 1997

I, CHARLES RODERICK KEMP, Assistant Treasurer, acting for the Treasurer, make the following Determination under subsection 13A (1) of the Currency Act 1965.

Dated 16 September 1997.

 

 

 

C.R. KEMP

Assistant Treasurer

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Citation

 1. This Determination may be cited as Currency Determination No. 6 of 1997.

Commencement

 2. This Determination commences on 19 November 1997.

Specifications of coins

 3. This Determination specifies, for a coin having the denomination and standard composition mentioned in columns 1 and 2 of Part 1 of the Schedule, the standard weight, and allowable variation from that weight, the dimensions and the design mentioned in columns 3, 4 and 5 of that Part.

Application of Determination

 4. This Determination does not affect any other determination of the specifications of a coin.

 

 

 

 SCHEDULE  Clause 3

PART 1—SPECIFICATIONS OF COIN

 

Column 1

 

Column 2

Column 3

Column 4

Column 5

 

Denomination

 

Standard

composition

 

Standard weight

and allowable

 

Dimensions

 

Design

 

 

variation (g)

(1)

Diameter

(mm)

(2)

Thickness

(mm)

(1)

Shape

(2)

Edge

(3)

Obverse

(4)

Reverse

$1

 

99.9% silver

31.635 0.500

40.60

4.00

S1

E1

O1

R53

 

PART 2—EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS

 

Design Feature

Symbol

Explanation

Shape

S1

Circular

 

Edge

E1

 

Milled

 

Obverse

O1

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

 (a) “ELIZABETH II”; and

 (b) “AUSTRALIA”; and

 (c) “1 DOLLAR”;

that, in turn, surround an effigy of the Queen.

 

Reverse

R53

A circle of raised beads, immediately inside the rim, enclosing the inscriptions:

 (a) “THE AUSTRALIAN KOOKABURRA 1OZ. 999 SILVER”; and

 (b) “1997”;

that, in turn, surround:

 (c) a representation of a kookaburra, and young, in the hollow of a tree; and

 (d) a smaller circle enclosing, in gold cameo, a representation of a giant panda and bamboo.