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Twelve months on from the devastating bushfires that swept the nation, the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) launched a coloured $2 commemorative coin honouring Australia’s Firefighters, following the release of a circulating coin of the same design.

To mark the 60th year of the Supercars Championship, the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) is launching a coin collection that showcases eight of Australia’s most celebrated race cars.

The 60 Years of Australian Touring Car Champions collection features the classic cars of racing legends including Norm Beechey, Jim Richards and Dick Johnson among others.

The Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) is celebrating the milestone anniversaries of six AC/DC albums with six unique coin tributes, a seven coin set and a limited edition silver frosted uncirculated coin.

Ross MacDiarmid, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint), today announced that after ten years at the helm he will be leaving the Mint on 4 December 2020.

To mark the second sign of the Chinese lunar zodiac, the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) has released a Year of the Ox coin collection featuring highly sought after collectable coins.   

Royal Australian Mint CEO – Mr. Ross MacDiarmid said “These coins have been intricately designed to capture the relevance of the Lunar New Year and serve as a beautiful tribute in 2021.”

In 2019, the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) released its first ever Christmas decoration coin with great success. In 2020 the Mint is excited to ring-in the festive season with a second beautiful Christmas decoration coin, inspired by Australia’s official floral emblem – golden wattle.

The Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) has launched the second limited edition commemorative coin in the Star Dreaming series which illustrates important Indigenous Australian Astrological stories.

Royal Australian Mint CEO – Mr Ross MacDiarmid said “The release of these special coins ensure Australians have access to important stories from Australia’s Indigenous history”.

The Royal Australian Mint to produce millions of “daily reminders to give"