media releases | 2009
13/11/2009
CRIKEY! Steve Irwin on new $1 coin
One of Australia’s biggest television personalities and well-known wildlife experts has been named as an inspirational Australian and now appears on a new $1 coin.
12/011/2009
Jesse Martin compares notes with Burke and Wills at coin launch in Melbourne
The Royal Australian Mint today unveiled new coin designs alongside an exclusive Burke and Wills display at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Modern day explorer Jesse Martin together with Assistant Treasurer Senator Nick Sherry revealed the new coin designs.
20/09/2009
New coin to commemorate the centenary of the Pension
The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin, and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, today launched a commemorative one dollar coin to mark the centenary of the Age Pension.
09/09/2009
Governor-General opens new Mint in Canberra
The Governor-General, Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, officially opened the newly refurbished facilities at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra today.
03/09/2009
Australia to Host International Mint Conference
The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, has today announced that Australia will host the XXVI International Mint Directors Conference in Canberra in 2010.
31/08/2009
Historic $1 Coin to Mark Centenary of Girl Guides
The Assistant Treasurer, Nick Sherry and Minister for the Status of Women, Tanya Plibersek, today announced that a $1 coin celebrating the Centenary of Girl Guides will be released into full circulation during 2010.
21/07/2009
Moon landing and 50 cent coin with something in common
Forty years ago today mankind made history with the famous first step on the Moon. In 1969 the Royal Australian Mint made its own history with the issue of the new dodecagonal 50 cent coin.
06/07/2009
Vault doors open at the Mint ‘once in a blue moon’
The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra will be opening its vault doors for the first time today to one lucky winner in an event themed Once in a Blue Moon.
05/06/2009
Queenslanders with two reasons to celebrate this weekend!
The Royal Australian Mint has released a stunning new coin which especially honours the 150th anniversary of self-government for Queensland.
14/05/2009
Silver anniversary for five kangaroos
Australia’s first $1 coin turns 25 today and has become one of Australia’s most recognised coin designs.
11/05/2009
New coin for International Nurses Day
The Royal Australian Mint will launch the first coin in their new series titled Australia Remembers at the Royal College of Nursing, Australia's International Nurses Day celebrations in Canberra tonight.
23/04/2009
Australian Service nurses honoured on ANZAC Day
The Royal Australian Mint has released a new coin series titled Australia Remembers ahead of ANZAC Day which pays tribute to past and present Australians who played important roles during times of war, conflict and peacekeeping.
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.
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.
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.
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.