03/12/2001
| Who: | Speech & Striking: Senator Margaret Reid Guest Speaker: ACT Chief Minister Gary Humphries Special Guest & Striking: Stacy Jo-Ann Paine, student designer |
| Where: | Royal Australian Mint Denison Street Deakin ACT |
22/11/2001
A specially commissioned design by WA painter, Mark Nodea, is featured on the 2002 Silver Kangaroo coin just released by the Royal Australian Mint, our national Mint.
The collector coin is the tenth in the series of Silver Kangaroo $1 coins released since 1993 and is the second one to depict a Kangaroo in an Aboriginal format.
15/11/2001
The Royal Australian Mint has released the first 2002 dated Collector coin sets which commemorates the Year of the Outback in 2002.
06/11/2001
The first Australian coins produced with a specific Norfolk Island theme were officially launched today by the Administrator of Norfolk Island, The Hon. Tony Messner.
01/10/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the NSW section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Joseph Neve, a student at Bellingen High School in northern NSW.
27/09/2001
To celebrate the International Year of the Volunteer, the Federal Government has authorised the release of a $1 circulating coin featuring the Logo of the International Year. The Mint will produce some 6 million coins that will go into circulation around the country over the next few months. The coin will only be produced as a circulating coin and not in a proof or uncirculated format.
30/08/2001
A new commemorative 20 cent coin for South Australia was officially launched today featuring a design by a South Australian high school student.
25/07/2001
A new commemorative 20 cent coin for the Northern Territory, designed by a primary school student from the Territory, was officially launched in Darwin today by the Federal Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, The Hon Joe Hockey MP.
09/06/2001
The first coin set with a specific Tasmanian theme has been released by the Royal Australian Mint as part of a special series to commemorate Australian's Centenary of Federation.
09/05/2001
A new commemorative 20 cent coin for Western Australia was officially launched today, featuring a design by a Western Australian high school student.
08/05/2001
On 9 May every primary school child in Australia will receive a part of the Royal Australian Mint to keep as their own - a Centenary of Federation medallion.
03/05/2001
Lieutenant General Peter Cosgrove today minted a $1 coin commemorating the Army's 100th birthday, at the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra.
23/04/2001
A new commemorative 20c coin for Victoria, jointly designed by two Victorian primary school students, will be unveiled on Thursday, 3 May, 2001.
The Federal Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation, The Hon Peter McGauran, MP will unveil the 20c coin jointly designed by school friends Ryan Ladd and Mark Kennedy at a morning function at Lara Lake Primary School.
30/03/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Tasmanian section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Abbey MacDonald, a student at Launceston Church Grammar School.
29/03/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Western Australian section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Janice Ng, a student at Forrestfield Senior High School.
23/03/2001
A new commemorative 20 cent coin for Queensland, designed by a North Queensland school student, was officially launched today in Brisbane by the Federal Minister for Small Business, The Hon Ian Macfarlane, MP.
Jenifer Gray of Ingham designed the coin as part of a special series produced by the Royal Australian Mint to commemorate Australia's Centenary of Federation.
22/03/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the South Australian section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared Lisa Murphy, a student at Yankalilla Area School.
15/03/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Northern Territory section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared Lisa Brett, a student at Leanyer School in Darwin.
13/03/2001
Stacy Jo-Ann Paine, a student at Caroline Chisholm High School in Canberra's South, was in grade 7 in 2000 when she submitted her design. The oldest of three children, 13 year old Stacy and her two brothers were all born and have grown up in Canberra.
13/03/2001
A new 20c coin designed by an ACT student for our Centenary of Federation was unveiled by Senator Margaret Reid, Senator for the ACT, at the Royal Australian Mint today.
05/03/2001
A new commemorative 20 cent coin for Victoria, jointly designed by two Victorian primary school students, was officially launched today by the Federal Minister for the Arts and the Centenary of Federation, The Hon Peter McGauran, MP.
03/03/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Norfolk Island section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Megan Cummings, a student at Norfolk Island Central School.
Megan's design will be officially unveiled on 8 June, Bounty Day and an important holiday on the Island.
28/02/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Victorian section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
Interestingly, the winning design was co-prepared by two students from Lara Lake Primary School near Geelong, Ryan Douglas Ladd and Mark Aaron Kenndey.
Ryan and Mark's design will be officially unveiled on the 3 May 2001.
15/02/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the Queensland section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Jenifer Gray, a student at Ingham State High School in North Queensland.
04/02/2001
As announced by the Prime Minister last weekend, Australia will issue three special commemorative coins in honour of the late cricket legend, Sir Donald Bradman AC, universally acknowledged as the world's greatest ever batsman.
01/02/2001
The Royal Australian Mint today announced the winner of the ACT section of the national Centenary of Federation coin design competition.
The winning design was prepared by Stacy Paine, a student at Caroline Chisholm High School in Canberra's South.
02/01/2001
The first of a series of collector coins designed by Australian school students was unveiled by the Minister for Financial Services and Regulation, Hon Joe Hockey MP in Sydney today.
02/01/2001
The first collector coin designed by a New South Wales school student was unveiled by the Minister for Financial Services & Regulation, Hon Joe Hockey MP, in Sydney today.
Joseph Neve, a year 11 student from Bellingen High School, designed the 20c coin, part of a special set produced by the Royal Australian Mint to commemorate Australia's Centenary of Federation.
01/01/2001
The public coining press at the Royal Australian Mint have just had their dies changed and will now be striking the new 2001 $1 Centenary of the Army coin. This milestone for the Army is of national significance, and a coin especially dedicated to it is a timely acknowledgment of the sacrifices our service men and women have made during the past century.
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