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Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

New King's Effigy - Daniel Thorne

50th Anniversary of the National Aboriginal and Islanders Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC). 

Designed by Cortney Glass, Winner of the National NAIDOC Committee's design competition.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

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

Further information on the words and languages featured on the coin can be found here

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum and the 25th anniversary of the Mabo decision.

Designed in collaboration with Boneta-Marie Mabo, and Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo’s granddaughter.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies – AIATSIS.

Featuring the AIATSIS logo, based on the boomerang totem of the Gu’na’ni (Kunjen) people of North Queensland.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating Australia Day. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Secondary School Commonwealth Games Design competition winner. Designed by Kelly Just. Sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.

Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of World War 2. This design was inspired by a photograph in the Australian War Memorial collection of a scene of a burial at El Alamein in 1942. Designed and sculpted by Wojciech Pietranik.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Primary School design competition winner John Serrano. Sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.

Commemorating Australia’s volunteers. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald.

Commemorating the Year of the Outback. Designed and sculpted by Wojciech Pietranik.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Western Australia, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1969.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Victoria, granted by King George V in 1910.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Tasmania, granted by King George V in 1917.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of South Australia, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1984, replacing the original granted in 1936.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Queensland, the oldest in Australia, granted by Queen Victoria in 1893.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of the Northern Territory, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1978.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Norfolk Island, granted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1980.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of NSW, granted by King Edward VII in 1906. Designed by William Applegate Gullick.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the Coat of Arms of Canberra, granted by King George V in 1928. Designed by CR Wylie.

Commemorating the Centenary of Federation. Featuring the 1912 Commonwealth Coat of Arms granted by King George V.

Commemorating the visit of Queen Elizabeth II. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald

Celebrating the millennium. Designed and sculpted by Vladimir Gottwald

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the voyage of Bass and Flinders.

Designed by Vladimir Gottwald.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War 2.

Designed by Louis Laumen and Horst Hahne, sculpted by Horst Hahne.

Celebrating the United Nations International Year of the Family. Designed by Carolyn Rosser.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of decimal currency. The original image of the stud ram Uardry 0.1 by George Kruger Gray used on the shilling from 1937 to 1964 was reworked by designer Horst Hahne.

Commemorating the Australian Bicentenary. Designed by Michael MacLellan Tracey.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating the Brisbane XII Commonwealth Games. Incorporates the Games symbol designed by Hugh Edwards to reflect the form of a kangaroo in full flight. Designed by Stuart Devlin.

Commemorating the marriage of HRH the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer. Designed by Stuart Devlin.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II. Based on a central wattle blossom symbol of Australia surrounded by 25 overlapping crowns. Designed by Stuart Devlin.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commemorating the bicentenary of James Cook’s 1770 voyage. Based on a painting by John Webber. The inclusion of Cook’s signature was thought to be the first use of a facsimile signature on a coin. Designed by Stuart Devlin.

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin

Commonwealth Coat of Arms sculpted by Stuart Devlin