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Marking 150 years since the convict era of Rascals and Ratbags, the Royal Australian Mint is landing in a town near you. To celebrate their special contribution to Australia’s history, heritage and folklore, you’re invited to get up to a bit of mischief yourself, by counterstamping your very own commemorative Rascals & Ratbags $1 coin. Our mobile minting team will be touring around the country, stocked with a range of special products, coin swaps and just as many great stories to share.

The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra is holding a celebration of Australian motorsport and is inviting locals to join us on national breakfast TV on Tuesday 21 August. Kids, cars, supporter flags and clothing welcome!  

The TV event will launch the Mint’s Motorsport Collection, featuring 12 new fifty cent coins showcasing iconic Ford or Holden vehicles.

A Ford or Holden Motorsport coin is also on offer for those that bring along a car matching one of the models below.

Marking 150 years since the convict era of Rascals and Ratbags, the Royal Australian Mint is landing in a town near you. To celebrate their special contribution to Australia’s history, heritage and folklore, you’re invited to get up to a bit of mischief yourself, by counterstamping your very own commemorative Rascals & Ratbags $1 coin. Our mobile minting team will be touring around the country, stocked with a range of special products, coin swaps and just as many great stories to share.

Join Dr Rick Williams for a free public talk about the impressions stamped on coins from Southern Italy in the 6th and 5th centuries BC and how their minting relates to Australia’s first coins - the holey dollar and dumps made in New South Wales in 1813. How do they compare? Can we draw links between the methods used to make them?

When: Wednesday 8 August 2018 at 10.30am-11.15am
Where: Education Room at the Royal Australian Mint, Denison Street, Deakin, ACT
Price: Free of charge but bookings recommended

Marking 150 years since the convict era of Rascals and Ratbags, the Royal Australian Mint is landing in a town near you. To celebrate their special contribution to Australia’s history, heritage and folklore, you’re invited to get up to a bit of mischief yourself, by counterstamping your very own commemorative Rascals & Ratbags $1 coin. Our mobile minting team will be touring around the country, stocked with a range of special products, coin swaps and just as many great stories to share.

Due to a change in policy, the Royal Australian Mint can no longer offer Circulating Coin Sachets for purchase through our online store or contact centre, effective from July 1, 2018. This change of policy has been made to ensure the Mint’s continued compliance with Australia’s Taxation regulations.

From July 1, sachets of circulating coins will only be available as a Coin Swap (cash only) at our Roadshow, Pop-Up and Coin Swap Events.  We apologise for any inconvenience and encourage our collectors to take advantage of this limited window of availability.

The Royal Australian Mint honours and pays tribute to Stuart Devlin AO, who passed away peacefully on 12 April 2018 at the age of 86. Devlin is the designer of Australia’s circulating coins and regarded as one of the most creative and influential goldsmith and silversmiths of his time.

As the supplier of Australia’s circulating coinage, the Royal Australian Mint has a longstanding connection to Devlin, who designed Australia’s decimal currency released in 1966.

The Contact Centre will be closed from 4.00pm on Friday 23 March 2018.

If your enquiry is urgent please call the Contact Centre before 4.00pm or email salesinfo@ramint.gov.au.  

Enquiries after 4.00pm will be followed up on Monday 26 March 2018, when we reopen at 8.30am.

Silver and Gold: unique Australian objects 1850-1910

Join the National Gallery of Australia’s Beatrice Thompson as she shares specialist insights about the rare 19th and 20th century silver and gold objects currently on display at the Royal Australian Mint. Grand and elegant, the objects celebrate excellence in design and silver smithing in colonial Australia. Ticket cost includes curator talk, exhibition viewing and light refreshments.

Date: 6.00pm Wednesday, March 28

Venue: Royal Australian Mint, main gallery

4 Day SALE - Canberra Mint Shop

The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating its 53rd Birthday. To mark this milestone, our retail shop will be holding a 4-day sale from 9.00 am Thursday 22 February until 4.00 pm Sunday 25 February. Visit the Mint Shop at Denison Street in Deakin, Canberra to receive 10% OFF selected watches, jewellery, collectable coins and coin sets*. Shop trading hours: 8.30 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Friday & 10am to 4pm Saturday & Sunday.

The Mint Shop has a variety of discounted products available including:

Participate in a remarkable experience this Enlighten - an exclusive Mint Masterclass at the Royal Australian Mint.

As a special treat you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in an authentic coin modelling and sculpting experience hosted by Mint coin designers.

Spaces are limited for those who would like to learn the arts of traditional plaster and modern 3D coin modelling techniques, as practised by masters in Mint’s around the world.