18/12/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will continue its annual tradition of allowing a member of the public the opportunity to strike the last coin of the year on Wednesday 31 December 2014.
Each year there is a great amount of interest in striking the last coin on the Mint's public gallery press. The Mint will be giving visitors to the Mint the chance to be the lucky one to make and keep the final coin to come from the Mint for the year.
28/11/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will continue its annual tradition of allowing a member of the public the opportunity to strike the last coin of the year on Wednesday 31 December 2014.
Each year there is a great amount of interest in striking the last coin on the Mint's public gallery press. The Mint will be giving visitors to the Mint the chance to be the lucky one to make and keep the final coin to come from the Mint for the year.
25/11/2014
There will be some minor changes to the trading hours of the Royal Australian Mint for the 2014/15 holiday season
The Contact Centre will be closed from Wednesday 24 December 2014, reopening on Monday 5 January 2015.
The Mint's Gallery and Coin Shop will be closed on Thursday 25 December 2014.
You will still be able to purchase products on the eShop during this time however, orders will not be sent out until Monday 5 January 2015.
13/11/2014
In February 2015, the Royal Australian Mint will mark 50 proud years since being officially opened by His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
To celebrate this important milestone, the Mint will host a special dinner for current and former Mint staff who have been a part of the Mint’s journey during these five decades.
The Anniversary Dinner will be held on Saturday, 21 February 2015 (time to be confirmed) in Canberra. Official event details will be provided at a later date.
13/11/2014
A major redevelopment of the Mint’s factory viewing gallery is underway, which will greatly improve the experience for our visitors.
Some changes to our gallery and potential interruptions during this work are unavoidable. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Redesign and construction work is expected to run between 17 November and 26 December 2014. The factory viewing area will be closed for a 11 day period, from 17-26 December 2014.
The new look gallery will be officially unveiled in time for the Mint’s 50th Birthday in February 2015.
09/10/2014
To mark Remembrance Day 2014, we will be taking the mobile coin press to Melbourne on 11 November 2014 on the grounds of the Shrine of Remembrance and counterstamping an ‘M’ for Melbourne onto the 2014 $1 100 Years of Anzac Circulating Coin.
The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne is the National War Memorial of Victoria, a monument dedicated to all those who have served in the armed conflicts and peacekeeping operations in which Australia has participated.
08/10/2014
To mark the 100th anniversary since the first convoy set sail from Albany carrying Australian and New Zealand troops to the First World War, the Royal Australian Mint has become a Major Partner of 'Anzac Albany' and will have a special pop-up shop onsite during the events.
07/10/2014
We’re inviting you to join our early 50th birthday celebrations at the Sydney ANDA Show on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2014. Our soon-to-be released celebratory Six Coin Year Sets mark our golden anniversary and we're offering temptingly lower prices and a special promotion!
We’re celebrating our ‘1 to 50’ years with our ‘$1, $2, 50c’ 2014 commemorative circulating coins.
04/06/2014
Ballot winners will be informed from today about their opportunity to purchase one $10 A History of the Victoria Cross Copper Antique Coin. If you were successful and nominated an email address, you will receive an email in your inbox informing you of the next steps. If you did not nominate an email address and were successful, you will be sent a letter in the mail. It may take a few more days for you to find out if you were successful.
02/06/2014
The ballot for the 2014 $10 A History of the Victoria Cross Antique Copper coin closed at 5pm on Friday 30 May 2014.
The Royal Australian Mint is currently validating entries to ensure the terms and conditions of the ballot have been adhered to prior to drawing the ballot.
Those who are successful in the ballot will be contacted by email later this week and invited to purchase the coin. Those who did not provide an email address will be contacted by mail.
29/05/2014
The Royal Australian Mint has been invited to participate in Rotary's 2014 International Convention in Sydney.
The Mint will have a booth at the convention from the 31st May until 4th June 2014, including our mobile press. We'll be giving those attending the conference the chance to pick up an 'S' for Sydney 2014 $1 A Voyage to Terra Australis uncirculated coin.
Details regarding the Rotary International Conference are available on their website - http://rotary2014.com.au
15/05/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will be packing up the mobile press and hitting the road once again, this time we’re visiting Brisbane for the ANDA Show.
The Mint will have a booth at the show on the 24th and 25th May 2014, with our latest releases as well as an opportunity to pick up a 'B' for Brisbane 2014 $1 A Voyage to Terra Australis uncirculated coin.
Come along, find out what the Mint has in store and check out the Mint's products close up.
Brisbane Table Tennis Centre
86 Green Terrace,
Windsor, Brisbane
01/05/2014
To continue the celebrations of the 30th birthday of the $1 coin, we are coming to Sydney with a pop-up store giving you the exclusive opportunity to counterstamp your own ‘S’ for Sydney onto the 2014 $1 ‘mob of roos’ coin!
Date: Thursday 8 May 2014.
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm or until sold out.
Where: Queen Victoria Building forecourt. Corner of George and Druitt Streets, Sydney, New South Wales.
23/04/2014
The Royal Australian Mint is offering customers a last chance to purchase some of our previous year's products in our Complete Your Collection Promotion.
The following PDF contains the order form with some great deals on some of our past products.
It is for a limited time only and you won’t see these products available again from the Mint so get your form in by 30 May to ensure you don’t miss out.
23/04/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will be running additional free guided tours during the school holiday period.
Wednesday 23rd April - 10:00am, 11:00am and 2:00pm
Thursday 24th April - 10:00am, 11:00am and 2:00pm
Friday 25th April - 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
The Mint will also have extra tours across the Anzac weekend.
Saturday 26th April - 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
Sunday 27th April - 11:00am, 1:00pm and 2:00pm
17/04/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will be closed on Good Friday 18th April 2014.
The Mint will reopen on Saturday 19th April at 10:00 am.
Public Holiday opening hours will apply for Sunday 20 April and Monday 21 April - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Guided Tours
16/04/2014
In the spirit of giving at Easter time and with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge making their way to our shores with Prince George, we thought it was time for another special giveaway to celebrate!
Buy the stunning 2013 50c Fine Silver Proof Royal Baby Coin and receive Australia Post’s Royal Christening PNC FREE featuring our 2013 50c Uncirculated Royal Baby Coin! Two coins for the price of one!
09/04/2014
For all those who are attending the Royal Easter Show this year and want a token to remember your visit to Sydney, visit the Royal Australian Mint’s show booth.
This is your chance to discover and strike your very own 'S' for Sydney coin; a coin which commemorates the bicentenary of the 1814 publication of Matthew Flinders’ historic journal, A Voyage to Terra Australis.
You can view the show map here: www.eastershow.com.au/plan/maps.aspx
27/03/2014
Today, the Royal Australian Mint unveiled the Anzac Centenary Coin Program, which identifies the significant events, dates and themes planned for commemoration.
The program will be officially launched this evening, along with the triangular 2014 $5 Silver Proof Triangular Lest We Forget coin, by Senator the Honourable Michael Ronaldson, Minister for Veteran’s Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Centenary of ANZAC, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC AFC (Ret’d), and Australian War Memorial Director Dr Brendan Nelson.
21/02/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will be attending the Perth ANDA Coin and Banknote Show on 1 - 2 March 2014.
The show will be held at Belmont Park Racecourse, (Ground Floor) Victoria Park Drive, Burswood, Western Australia.
2014 A Voyage to Terra Australis $1 ‘P’ counterstamp coin
Our counterstamp press is also making the trip west to Perth, so make sure you get your hands on a 2014 A Voyage to Terra Australis $1 ‘P’ counterstamp coin at the ANDA show.
22/01/2014
The Royal Australian Mint is releasing the 100th edition of Mint Issue and to celebrate this major milestone has created the Mint Issue App for the iPad. The app takes Mint Issue to a new level, introducing interactive coin displays, videos and far more detail than could be included in the hardcopy editions.
The Mint has been working furiously to create the Mint Issue app to coincide with the 100th edition and the result is something really special.
16/01/2014
The Royal Australian Mint will be unlocking the high-security basement for Enlighten 2014 to host Busking in the Basement.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the $1 coin, the Mint has invited the indomitable Paul McDermott down into the capital's favourite underground venue
- the High-Vis Bar in the Mint Basement for one special show. Slip on a high-vis vest and vibe with buskers old and new, as they explore the edge in Canberra's
funkiest industrial basement venue.
04/12/2014
The Royal Australian Mint has proudly accepted a commendation at the 2014 Canberra and Capital Region Tourism Awards held overnight.
The Mint was recognised in the Tourism Attraction category for the third year running, on the back of solid growth in the number of visitors to the Mint each year.
27/11/2014
As the Royal Australian Mint approaches its 50th anniversary in 2015, one Australian family has uncovered a link to a curious part of the Mint’s National Coin Collection.
10/11/2014
Following the high interest at Anzac Albany, the Royal Australian Mint is continuing to share the opportunity to have a special keepsake for the Anzac Centenary period – this time in Melbourne.
30/10/2014
As the producer of the nation’s Official Anzac Centenary Coin Program and Major Partner of Anzac Albany, the Royal Australian Mint (the Mint) is marking the weekend with special keepsakes available exclusively for the participants in the Albany commemorations.
28/10/2014
To mark the 100th anniversary since the first convoy set sail from Albany carrying Australian and New Zealand troops to the First World War, the Royal Australian Mint is a Major Partner of 'Anzac Albany' and will have a special pop-up stall onsite during the events in Albany, Western Australia.
15/09/2014
The Royal Australian Mint has been recognised for its work towards health and safety at the annual Comcare Awards in Melbourne.
The Mint was declared the winner of the Workplace Health and Safety Management System category for the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS) which was implemented over the past three years.
18/08/2014
To celebrate National Science Week, former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, Mr Richard (Rick) Hieb, launched the final spectacular domed coin, Orion, from the award-winning Southern Sky series at the Royal Australian Mint today.
28/07/2014
The Royal Australian Mint has announced it has appointed Victoria Cross recipient, Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC, MG as ambassador for Australia’s Official Anzac Centenary Coin Program.
03/07/2014
In the lead-up to NAIDOC Week, Australia will see a new special 50 cent coin enter circulation to mark 50 years of ongoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research and collection of information which has assisted our country in becoming more knowledgeable about its people and cultures.
25/06/2014
The Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Tony Abbott MP launched the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) commemorative 50 cent circulating coin at Parliament House in Canberra today.
30/05/2014
In recognition of the 70th anniversary of the retirement of the Avro Lancaster W4783 'G for George', currently on display at the Australian War Memorial, the Royal Australian Mint has produced a commemorative collectible coin to mark the occasion.
The release also coincides with the annual Bomber Command wreathlaying ceremony held on the Memorial grounds this Sunday 1 June 2014.
07/05/2014
The Royal Australian Mint is celebrating the 30th birthday of the middle child of Australia’s decimal coins, the $1 coin, recognising the impact it has made on Australia, especially the charitable sector with use of the phrase ‘gold coin donation!’
24/04/2014
The Royal Australian Mint has partnered with the University of Canberra Brumbies to incorporate a fitting tribute to Diggers at the Anzac Day commemorative rugby match tomorrow. In lieu of the coin toss, a quick game of two-up will be played using a bespoke kip (paddle) to fit two of the Royal Australian Mint’s impressive Anzac Centenary commemorative coins.
27/03/2014
As Australians prepare for Anzac Day 2014, the Royal Australian Mint today unveiled a significant new triangular $5 collectible coin; the first from the Anzac Centenary Coin Program. The coin commemorates the Centenary of the First World War, as well as pays tribute to those who have served and sacrificed for Australia in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping opera
13/02/2014
The Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC, Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, The Hon. Steven Ciobo MP, today unveiled a new $1 circulating 2014 coin featuring the Centenary of Anzac logo and produced by the Royal Australian Mint.
01/01/2014
Australians have celebrated the New Year and the Royal Australian Mint has revealed the full design on its stunning new 2014 $1 Sydney New Year's Eve Silver Proof coin. Featuring the 'all-seeing eye' which was created by celebrated Australian artist Reg Mombassa and was central to the midnight fireworks display on Sydney Harbour.
01/01/2014
At a much-anticipated event by coin collectors around the country, the Royal Australian Mint has revealed the new theme for its gallery press which this year is honouring the 200th anniversary of the publication of Matthew Flinders’ journal ‘A Voyage to Terra Australis.’
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