Commemorative coins of Australia

Coins of the Australian dollar are circulated with different designs depicting various anniversaries or significant Australian events, these differing coin designs being labelled Australian commemorative coins. Typically, only the 20c, 50c and $1 coinshave been minted in commemoration, however in 2012 a commemorative $2 coin was minted for Remembrance Day and in 2016 a 25c gold coin was minted for Anzac Day.

2 dollar coin

Australia's first commemorative $2 coin was released in 2012 to commemorate Australia's involvement in wars.

Circulation releases

The 2012 commemorative $2 coin was minted to acknowledge Remembrance Day. It features a poppy in the centre on a background of microtext, reading: "remembrance day" and "lest we forget".^[1] There are also poppies on either side of the main design. The obverse features the third effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, and "Australia 2012". A coloured version of the coin is also to be circulated, (with a mintage of around 500,000), as Australia's first coloured circulating coin. As Canada also has coloured circulating coins, Australia is now the second country to do so.^[2]

Year Issued	Commemorative Subject	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Mintage Figures^[3]
2012	Remembrance Day	Aaron Baggio	Coloured red poppy centre on microtext background	503,000
2012	Remembrance Day	Aaron Baggio	Non-coloured poppy centre on microtext background	5,799,000
2013	60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II	Aleksandra Stokic	St Edward’s Crown surrounded by purple coloured royalty stripes	995,000
2014	Remembrance Day		Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles	2,000,000^[4]
2015	ANZAC Day	Aleksandra Stokic	Poppies and grave crosses around a red concentric circle encapsulating the words "Lest We Forget"	1,500,000^[5]
2015	Flanders Fields Soldiers		Sculpted larks surrounding the orange coloured rings representing the sunset glow.
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

The coloured version of the 2012 coin was first distributed in limited mintage through RSLs, to go along with their traditional red poppy appeal to celebrate the 2012 Remembrance Day. The same coin is also being sold with a 'C' mintmark through the official numismatic program as a collector coin. ^[2]

Year Issued	Commemorative Subject	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Mintage Figures
2012	Remembrance Day	Aaron Baggio	Coloured red poppy centre on microtext background, with 'C' mintmark	not yet allocated
2013	60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II	Aleksandra Stokic	St Edward’s Crown surrounded by purple coloured royalty stripes, with 'C' mintmark	not yet allocated
2014	Remembrance Day		Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles, with 'C' mintmark	40,000
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

1 dollar coin

Not all years have issues for circulation with 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 only in mintpacks. Issue 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 are the only issue with the Kangaroo portrait. Some uncirculated coins have the mintmarks for Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra and were issues for the show periods.

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures^[6]^[7]^[8]
1986	International Year of Peace	Horst Hahne	Hands holding a dove	25,100,000
1988	First Fleet Bicentenary (200 years since English colonisation)	Stuart Devlin	Aboriginal design of a Koori Kangaroo	20,400,000
1993	Landcare Australia	Vladimir Gottwald	Wavy lines and hands shaping Australia	15,000,000
1996	Sir Henry Parkes Centenary	Wojciech Pietranik	Portrait of Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), "Father of Federation"	26,200,000
1997	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Birth Centenary (coin B)	Wojciech Pietranik	Portrait of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith (1897–1935) and plane	24,381,000
1999	International Year of Older Persons	Wojciech Pietranik	International Year of Older Persons logo "towards a society for all ages"	29,218,000
2001	Centenary of Federation	Wojciech Pietranik	Centenary of Federation logo	27,905,390
2001	International Year of the Volunteer	Wojciech Pietranik	International year of volunteers logo	6,000,000
2002	Year of the Outback	Wojciech Pietranik	Year of Outback logo	35,373,000
2003	Australia's Volunteers	Wojciech Pietranik		4,149,000
2003	Centenary of Women's Suffrage	Vladimir Gottwald	Representation of the female figures in the suffrage banner by Dora Meeson Coates	10,007,000
2005	60th anniversary of the end of World War II	Wojciech Pietranik	The Dancing Man	34,200,000
2007	APEC Australia 2007	Wojciech Pietranik	APEC star logo	20,100,000
2008	Centenary of Scouts Australia			17,200,000
2009	Centenary of Commonwealth Age Pension	Wojciech Pietranik	Ten human figures as in multi-generational family photograph	10,158,000
2010	Centenary of Girl Guides Australia			12,585,000
2011	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting		Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011, Perth, Western Australia	9,397,000
2014	ANZAC Centenary			23,000,000
2015	ANZAC Centenary			Not Available
2016	ANZAC Centenary
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures^[6]^[7]^[8]
1992	Barcelona Olympics	Margaret Priest		23,500
1994	Dollar Decade (1984–1994) - 10th Anniversary of the Australian $1 coin	Vladimir Gottwald		123,318
1995	Waltzing Matilda Centenary	Vladimir Gottwald		123,318
1997	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Birth Centenary (coin A)	Wojciech Pietranik		50,500
1998	Lord Howard Florey Birth Centenary	Vladimir Gottwald		82,035
1999	The last ANZACs.	Wojciech Pietranik		33,922
2000	HMAS Sydney II	Vladimir Gottwald		71,367
2000	Sydney Olympics	Wojciech Pietranik		98,567
2000	Centenary of Australia's first Victoria Cross	Wojciech Pietranik		49,877
2001	Centenary of the Australian Army	Vladimir Gottwald		125,186
2001	80th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force	Vladimir Gottwald		94,481
2001	90th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy	Vladimir Gottwald		62,429
2003	50th Anniversary of the End of the Korean War (1953)	Vladimir Gottwald		93,572
2003	Anniversary of Vietnam War Veterans	Wojciech Pietranik		57,000
2004	150th Anniversary of Eureka Stockade (Ballarat 1854)	Wojciech Pietranik		82,604
2005	90th Anniversary of Gallipoli	Vladimir Gottwald		76,173
2006	50 years of Australian Television	Vladimir Gottwald	Film camera and broadcasting TV antenna	Unknown
2006	Melbourne Commonwealth Games	Tony Dean		Unknown
2006	Ocean Series Collection - Clown fish	Tony Dean		Unknown
2006	Ocean Series Collection - Dolphin	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	Ocean Series Collection - Biscuit Star	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	Ocean Series Collection - White Shark	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	Ocean Series Collection - Bigbelly Seahorse	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	Ocean Series Collection - Longfin Bannerfish	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	Year of the Surf Lifesaver	Tony Dean		Unknown
2007	75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge	Wojciech Pietranik	Sydney Harbour Bridge	Unknown
2007	The Ashes Series 1882-2007	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2007	60th Anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2007	Norman Lindsay	Vladimir Gottwald	Norman Lindsay	Unknown
2007	50th Anniversary of the Australian Special Air Service			Unknown
2007	International Polar Year, Polar Exploration	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2008	Rock Wallaby, Land Series			Unknown
2008	International Polar Year, Polar Exploration	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2008	Centenary of Rugby League: 'Inspire the Future'			Unknown
2008	Centenary of the Australian Coat of Arms		Australian Coat of Arms	Unknown
2008	Centenary of Australian Quarantine			Unknown
2008	International Year of Planet Earth			Unknown
2008	Inspirational Australians: Education - Blessed Mary MacKillop	Vladimir Gottwald	Mary MacKillop (1842–1909) "guiding future generations"	Unknown
2009	International Year of Astronomy - 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei’s first use of the telescope		Radio telescope in Parkes, NSW	Unknown
2010	Centenary of the Aged Pension			Unknown
2010	Inspirational Australian: Health Care • Fred Hollows 1929-1993	Vladimir Gottwald		Unknown
2014	200th Anniversary of A Voyage to Terra Australis			Unknown
2014	70th Anniversary for the Retirement of G for George			30,000
2016	ANZAC Day - Lest We Forget	Ing Ing Jong		Unlimited
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

50 cent coin

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
1970	Bicentenary of the exploration of the eastern coast of Australia by James Cook	Stuart Devlin	Portrait of Captain Cook with Australian map	16,548,000
1977	Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee	Stuart Devlin	Silver Jubilee design	25,067,000
1981	Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer	Stuart Devlin	Portraits of Prince & Princess of Wales	20,000,000
1982	XII 1982 Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane	Stuart Devlin	Commonwealth Games Theme	49,610,200
1988	First Fleet Bicentenary 1788-1988	Michael Tracey	Ship	8,100,000
1991	25th Anniversary of Decimal Currency	George Kruger Gray & Horst Hahne	Merino ram's head	4,700,000
1994	International Year of the Family	Carolyn Rosser	Family	20,876,100
1995	50th Anniversary of the end of World War II	Louis Laumen & Horst Hahne	Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop	15,869,200
1998	Commemorating 200 years since the discovery of The Bass Strait in 1798 by Matthew Flinders who named the Strait after his colleague George Bass	Vladimir Gottwald	Portrait of Bass & Flinders	22,389,200
2000	Millennium Year 2000	Vladimir Gottwald	Stylised Australian flag	16,630,000
2000	Royal visit, also featuring a commemorative portrait of the Queen on the obverse.	Vladimir Gottwald	Flag pole at Parliament House	5,145,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Australia			43,149,600
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - New South Wales	William Applegate Gullick.	New South Wales Coat Of Arms	3,042,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Australian Capital Territory			2,000,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Queensland			2,320,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Victoria			2,800,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Northern Territory			2,080,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Western Australia			2,400,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - South Australia			2,400,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Tasmania			2,160,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - States & Territories - Norfolk Island			2,160,000
2002	Year of the Outback	Wojciech Pietranik		11,507,000
2003	Australia's Volunteers	Vladimir Gottwald		13,927,000
2004	Student Design	Vladimir Gottwald & Student John Serrano, St Peter's Primary School, East Keilor	Animals: Wombat, Koala and Lorikeet	10,577,000
2005	Remembrance: 60th Anniversary of the end of World War II	Wojciech Pietranik	Soldier silhouettes by a grave	21,033,000
2005	Student Design - XVIII 2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne			21,000,000
2010	Commemorating Australia Day 2010	Vladimir Gottwald		11,452,000
2014	50th anniversary of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - AIATSIS		AIATSIS logo, based on a shield created by the Uw Oykangand people of North Queensland.	3,000,000
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2002	50th Anniversary of the Accession of Queen Elizabeth II	Peter Soobik & Wojciech Pietranik		32,107
2003	50th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II	Peter Soobik & Wojciech Pietranik		65,003
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Basketball	Wojciech Pietranik		6,494
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Hockey	Wojciech Pietranik		6,261
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Shooting	Wojciech Pietranik		5,570
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Weight lifting	Wojciech Pietranik		6,832
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Cycling	Wojciech Pietranik		22,861
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Badminton	Wojciech Pietranik		22,270
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Rugby 7's	Wojciech Pietranik		24,427
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Gymnastics	Wojciech Pietranik		25,574
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Athletics	Wojciech Pietranik		22,457
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Table Tennis	Wojciech Pietranik		22,502
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Netball	Wojciech Pietranik		22,432
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Triathlon	Wojciech Pietranik		22,302
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Aquatics	Wojciech Pietranik		31,702
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Boxing	Wojciech Pietranik		22,602
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Lawn Bowls	Wojciech Pietranik		22,602
2006	Commonwealth Games Series - Squash	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2006	The Queen's Birthday	Stuart Devlin		28,191
2006	The Royal visit	Stuart Devlin		28,593
2007	Royal 60th Wedding Anniversary	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
2008	Centenary of Scouts Australia	Caitlin Goodal		Unknown
2008	25th Anniversary of America's Cup Victory Australia II	Caitlin Goodal		Unknown
2009	40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing	Caitlin Goodal		43,149
2010	150th Running of the Melbourne Cup	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2010	Royal Engagement	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
2011	Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton	Vladimir Gottwald		Unknown
2011	50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2011	60th Anniversary of National Service	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2012	70th Anniversary of Kokoda Trail	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2012	Bombing of Australia	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
2012	50th Anniversary of The Australian Ballet	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
2012	Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
2012	Lunar Year of the Dragon	Alexander Vorodeyev		Unknown
2013	100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
2013	Centenary of Australian Banknotes	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
2013	60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II	Aleksandra Stokic		Unknown
2013	Surfing Australia	Aleksandra Stokic	Surfer on a board above a wave, bordered by a wave tunnel	Unknown
2013	50 Years of the Bathurst Endurance Race	Daniel Neale		Unlimited
2013	Lunar Year of the Snake	Alexander Vorodeyev	Snake accompanied by the Chinese character for such	Unknown
2013	Firstborn Baby of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge	Royal Australian Mint	Family tree with the initials ‘W’ and ‘C’ above ‘HRH Prince George Born 22.07.2013’	Unknown
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

25 cent coin

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Our Legends	1,000,000
2016	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Peace	1,000,000
2016	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Battle of Long Tan	1,000,000
2016	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Kokoda	1,000,000

20 cent coin

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
1995	50th Anniversary of the United Nations	Horst Hahne	UN emblem	4,835,000
2001	Tribute to Sir Donald Bradman	Vladimir Gottwald	Donald Bradman in cricket gear, circular lettering	10,000,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - New South Wales	Student Joseph Neve from the Bellingen High School	NSW emblem	3,202,500
2001	Centenary of Federation - Australian Capital Territory	Student Stacy Jo-Ann Paine from the Caroline Chisholm High School	Student Design	2,100,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Queensland	Student Jenifer Gray from the Ingham State High School	Student Design	2,300,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Victoria	Students Ryan Ladd & Mark Kennedy from the Lara Lake Primary School	Student Design	2,900,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Norfolk Island	Student Megan Cunnings from the Norfolk Island Central School	Student Design	2,200,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Northern Territory	Student Lisa Brett from the Leanyer School in Darwin	Student Design	2,100,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Western Australia	Student Janice Ng from the Forrestfield Senior High School	Student Design	2,400,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - South Australia	Student Lisa Murphy from the Yankalilla Area School	Student Design	2,400,000
2001	Centenary of Federation - Tasmania	Student Abbey MacDonald from the Launceston Church Grammar School	Student Design	2,200,000
2003	Australia's Volunteers	Vladimir Gottwald		7,574,000
2005	60th Anniversary of the end of World War II	Vladimir Gottwald	WORLD WAR 1939-1945 COMING HOME lettering.	10,000,000
2010	The Australian Tax Office Centenary 2010			11,575,000
2011	Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton			10,123,000
2011	International Women's Day 100th anniversary 1911-2011			6,773,000
2011	International Year of Volunteers Plus 10			6,111,000
2013	Canberra Centenary		Aerial view of Canberra City layout	6,083,000
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2007	Year of the Surf Lifesaver	Tony Dean		Unknown
2008	International Polar Year (2007–2008)			Unknown
2008	International Year of Planet Earth			Unknown
2009	International Year of Astronomy			Unknown
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Fromelles
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Rats of Tobruk
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Darwin Bombing
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Bomber Command
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Thai-Burma Railway
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Korean War
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Peacekeeping
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Special Forces
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Dogs at War
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan - Afghanistan
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

10 cent coin

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

5 cent coin

Circulation releases

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

Non-circulation collector coins

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency		2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency

References

↑ http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2012L00095/Explanatory%20Statement/Text
1 2 http://www.ramint.gov.au/media/press-releases/2012/20121026.cfm
↑ http://www.ramint.gov.au/annual-reports
↑ http://www.ramint.gov.au/designs/products/ACCP_info.cfm
↑ http://www.ramint.gov.au/media/press-releases/2015/20150419.cfm
1 2 Pitt, Ian W. (ed.) (2000). Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values (19th ed.). Chippendale, New South Wales: Renniks Publications. p. 85. ISBN 0958557446. OCLC 154635503.
1 2 "Australian 50c Coins". Cruzi's coins. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
1 2 http://www.decimalcoins.com/

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