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kids enjoying free face painting at the Royal Australian Mint Family Fun Day event

Royal Australian Mint celebrates 60 years with free Family Fun Day

This year marks a significant milestone in Australia’s history, as the Royal Australian Mint celebrates 60 years of producing the nation’s decimal currency. To commemorate this occasion, the Mint is inviting the community to a free Family Fun Day on Saturday, 1 March, from 10am to 4pm.
Gunnedah Shire representatives, school children and Mint Director standing with a large Dorothea Mackellar coin stand

Royal Australian Mint honours Dorothea Mackellar with new three-coin series

The Royal Australian Mint proudly unveils a new series of 50-cent coins celebrating the poetry of Dorothea Mackellar, including a stunning tribute to her iconic poem, My Country.
2025 $1 Uncirculated Coin in Card- Australian Royal Corps of Signals

Royal Australian Mint unveils coin honouring the Centenary of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals

The 2025 $1 uncirculated coin not only honours a century of dedicated service in military communications but also features a hidden message in Morse and binary code, challenging collectors and enthusiasts to decipher its secrets.
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, The Hon. Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Myf Warhurst and the acting CEO Emily Martin at the media launch for the Mint's 60th Anniversary

60 years of currency and storytelling

For six decades, the Mint has been at the heart of Australia’s currency and cultural storytelling, and has been setting the standard for coin themes that speak to the heart of the Australian people.
Circulating coins fifty cents commemorative design 2019 AIATSIS recognises 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages

50c International Year of Indigenous Languages

The Royal Australian Mint along with AIATSIS recognises 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages