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Are the ‘Holey Dollar’ and ‘Dump’ coins still legal tender?

The Holey Dollar and Dump are the only Australian coins which have had their ‘legal tender’ status removed, or been ‘demonetised’.

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Opening Hours

Monday to Friday
9am to 4pm

Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
10am to 4pm

The Mint is closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday.

Admission is free.

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29/01/2009

Coin breaks tradition at PM’s XI

For a number of years Cricket ACT has been using the same coin in the coin toss at the Prime Minister’s XI cricket match in Canberra. This year will be different. The coin tossed today is a collectible from the Royal Australian Mint and celebrates what would have been Sir Donald Bradman’s greatest century of all, his 100th birthday.

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26/01/2009

Minister announces new citizenship coin for Australia Day

Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law and The Royal Australian Mint, has announced that the nation’s newest citizens affirmed in Canberra on Australia Day will receive a special new citizenship anniversary coin.

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17/01/2009

Polar coins to head south on Antarctic adventure

Five hundred collector coins from the Royal Australian Mint will have the trip of a lifetime in a commemorative flight over the Antarctic to mark the centenary of the attainment of the South Magnetic Pole.

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01/01/2009

Celebrating 60 years of Australian Citizenship

The first collector coin of 2009 will be struck today at 10am at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra. The new design for 2009 will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Australian Citizenship.

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