20/11/2008
Design agency CRE8IVE has come away with two wins for the Mint at this year’s Print and Graphic Excellence (PAGE) Awards.
The winning websites were The Don: 100th Anniversary of Sir Donald Bradman’s birth and Australia II: 25th Anniversary of America’s Cup Victory and the category was ‘Excellence in new media: web development’.
Check out the media release for more information.
20/11/2008
The Royal Australian Mint’s 2009 Kangaroo at Sunset coin has been nominated for Krause Publication’s “People’s Choice” Coin of the Year. The stunning yet simple design has already won the hearts of many avid coin collectors and is up against some tough competition from all around the world.
The kangaroo is recognised all around the world as a true symbol of Australia so it is fitting that Australia’s coin of the year nomination is a kangaroo design.
30/10/2008
Janine Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Australian Mint invites you to be a part of this year’s exciting launch of our 2009 products.
Main Entrance
Royal Australian Mint
Denison Street, Deakin ACT
Friday 7 November 2008
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Email: rsvp@ramint.gov.au
Telephone: 02 6202 6975
13/09/2008
The Royal Australian Mint will feature in the 2008 Floriade corporate gnome competition with an entry called 'Priscilla, Coin of the Desert'.
In the spirit of the theme Floriade 21 Films that Shaped our Nation, the Mint has entered 3 gnome characters from the Australian box office hit of 1994 Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
04/07/2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry will unveil a new coin design which features Blessed Mary MacKillop on Tuesday 8 July 2008 at 11:00am.
The new design is for the first coin in the Inspirational Australians coin series released by the Royal Australian Mint. This is the official launch of the new coin and an opportunity for members of the public to view the first coin design in the series.
11/04/2008
The Royal Australian Mint recently published an article in the February edition of The Australasian Coin and Banknote Magazine titled Coming to terms with 'marks'.
The feature article details the updated terminology to be used by the Mint from January 1 2008.
Please click on the link below to view the article (Adobe PDF).
22/02/2008
In a first for the Royal Australian Mint, a coin 400 times larger than a standard one dollar coin was used to unveil the 2008 circulating coin, commemorating the Centenary of Scouts Australia.
The biggest coin ever produced by the Mint was gradually revealed by ten young people representing the various scouting groups from Joey Scouts to Rovers.
21/02/2008
On Friday 22 February 2008, the Royal Australian Mint will unveil the coin design for the new commemorative $1 coin, which celebrates the Centenary of Scouts Australia.
We invite all members of the public to join us on the lawns across from the Mint from 12:30pm - 1:00pm.
The Hon Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law will be joined by the Hon Sir William Deane AC KBE, National President of Scouts Australia and Mr John Ravenhall AM, Chief Commissioner Australia, Scouts Australia in officially launching the new coin design.
19/11/2008
Design agency CRE8IVE has come away with two wins for the Royal Australian Mint at this year’s Print and Graphic Excellence (PAGE) Awards.
The Mint enlisted CRE8IVE to develop interactive websites to support two of this year’s commemorative collector coins – The Don: 100th Anniversary of Sir Donald Bradman’s birth and Australia II: 25th Anniversary of America’s Cup Victory.
11/11/2008
Today the Royal Australian Mint signed a new two year contract worth an estimated US $130 million with coin blank supplier Poongsan Corporation.
Poongsan is a Korean based company which specialises in the development and mass production of copper-based alloys and will supply the Mint with blanks which are used to create Australia’s coinage.
26/08/2008
On Tuesday 26 August at Manuka Oval, Canberra, the Royal Australian Mint will officially launch its latest collector coin which commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Sir Donald Bradman's birth.
Bradman's final match was played at Manuka Oval in 1963 when, at the specific request of Prime Minister Robert Menzies, he captained the first Prime Minister XI side against England.
21/08/2008
The Royal Australian Mint has commenced the next phase of its modernisation program with the signing of a $3.6 million contract for a new IT Business System.
07/08/2008
Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, today launched the first coin in the Inspirational Australians' coin series which features the Australian people's saint, Blessed Mary MacKillop.
11/07/2008
Alongside telescopes looking up into the night sky, the Royal Australian Mint launched its newest collectible coins at a unique event on Friday 7 November 2008.
03/07/2008
The 2008 NRL Telstra Premiership season kicked off last night in Sydney. The Royal Australian Mint has joined in the celebrations by releasing an exciting range of official licensed Rugby League centenary collector coins.
"Rugby League holds an important place in the Australian and international sporting history." said Ms Janine Murphy, Chief Executive Officer Royal Australian Mint.
24/06/2008
The Royal Australian Mint will activate a new 'Worn and Damaged Circulating Coin Policy' from 1 July 2008. The policy will provide advice and guidance to the public, businesses and other organisations, approved deposit-taking institutions (ADI), such as banks, and Cash-in- Transit businesses about handling coins that are worn, damaged or mutilated.
05/06/2008
The Royal Australian Mint has released a special one dollar coin featuring a detector dog on duty to mark the centenary of Australian Quarantine.
The Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS) is responsible for protecting Australia's borders from exotic pets and diseases. AQIS also provides import and export inspection to support access to overseas markets.
22/02/2008
Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, today joined with former Governor-General Sir William Deane AC KBE, National President of Scouts Australia and Mr John Ravenhall AM, Chief Commissioner of Scouts Australia to launch a new one dollar coin to mark the centenary of scouting in Australia.
04/02/2008
Family owned, Australian business, Australis Engineering P/L has won the tender to update the Royal Australian Mint's materials handling and warehousing system. The new system along with the refurbishment of the Mint's facilities in Canberra and other modernisation projects is central to the Mint's objective of becoming one of the best manufacturing facilities in the world.
07/01/2008
The Royal Australian Mint marks the 30th anniversary of self-government for the Northern Territory with the release of a commemorative five dollar coin.
The Commonwealth conferred self-government on the Northern Territory on 1 July 1978 by enacting the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978. This day is celebrated every year as Territory Day.
02/01/2008
The Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Senator Nick Sherry unveiled a fine silver proof $5 2008 Polar Series coin at the head office of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) in Hobart today.
01/01/2008
The first collector coin of 2008 will be struck today at the Mint in Canberra at 10.00am.
Each year, coin collectors begin to line up from as early as 8.00am, for the rare opportunity to be amongst the first people in the world to mint their own coin, with a new design released each year.
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