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 coins have 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.

High Denominated coin[]

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Face Value	Year Issued	Commemorative Subject	Total in set	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Coinage Metal	Mintage Figures
$200	1981	Royal Wedding	1	Stuart Devlin	Profile of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer	22 Carat Gold
$200	1983	Koalas	1	Stuart Devlin	Koala in a Gum Tree	22 Carat Gold

10 dollar coin[]

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Year Issued	Commemorative Subject	Total in set	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Coinage Metal	Mintage Figures
1982	Brisbane Commonwealth Games	1			Sterling Silver
1985	State series - Victoria	1	Not Attributed	Victorian Coat-of-Arms	Sterling Silver
1988	Governor Philip Landing at Port Jackson	1	Stuart Devlin	Sailing ships and rowboat	Sterling Silver

5 dollar coin[]

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Year Issued	Commemorative Subject	Total in set	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Coinage Metal	Mintage Figures
1988	Parliament House	1	Stuart Devlin	New Parliament House in Canberra	Al Bronze
1990	Simpson and his Donkey	1		Simpson and his Donkey	Al Bronze
1992	International Astronomical Year	1		Southern cross over Australia	Al Bronze
1994	Centenary of Women's vote	1		Mary Lee	Bi-Metallic
1996	Sir Donald Bradman	1		Sir Donald Bradman	Bi-Metallic
1998	70 Years Royal Flying Doctor Service	1		Dr John Flynn's Biplane and RFDS insignia	Bi-Metallic
2000	Phar Lap	1		Phar Lap	Bi-Metallic
2000	Sydney Olympics	28		Depictions of various Olympic Sports	Al Bronze
2003	The Rugby World Cup	1		Player taking set kick for Goal	Al Bronze
2004	The Road to Barcelona	1		Javelin Thrower and Aboriginal with Spear and Woomera	Al Bronze
2006	400th Anniversary of the Duyfken	1	Wojeiech Pietranik	Ship under full sail	Al Bronze
2006	Melbourne Commonwealth Games	1		2 rings of stylized figures surrounding a Crown	Al Bronze

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	Total in set	Reverse Designer	Reverse Design	Mintage Figures[3]
2012	Remembrance Day – Poppy Flower; Colourised	1	Aaron Baggio	Coloured red poppy centre on microtext background	503,000
	Remembrance Day – Poppy Flower	1	Aaron Baggio	Non-coloured poppy centre on microtext background	5,799,000
2013	60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II	1	Aleksandra Stokic	St Edward's Crown surrounded by purple coloured royalty stripes	995,000
2014	Remembrance Day – Dove	1		Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles	2,000,000[4]
2015	ANZAC Day – War Graves	1		Poppies and grave crosses around a red concentric circle encapsulating the words "Lest We Forget"	1,500,000[2]
	Flanders Fields Soldiers	1	Aleksandra Stokic	Sculpted larks surrounding the orange coloured rings representing the sunset glow
2016	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency	1	Horst Hahne	2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency
	Australian Olympic Team	6		Six versions released all featuring the emblem of the Australian Olympic team with the various coin colours; Blue, Black, Red, Yellow and Green. Also a Paralympics coin minted.
2017	Anzac Day of 2017	1	Tony Dean	Depiction of the Dome of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra
	Remembrance Day of 2017	1	Aleksandra Stokic	Inner circle containing Rosemary bloom, surrounded by circle of pad printed Rosemary leaves and flowers in Green and purple, further surrounded by "Remembrance" text intertwined with Rosemary leaves
	Possum Magic	3		Three Possum Magic coins minted; 'Sad, invisible Hush', 'Hush sees her tail' and 'Hush visible again'
2018	Eternal Flame	1		Depiction of the Eternal flame in the Pool of Reflection
	Invictus Games 2018	1		Side view of Invictus Athlete in sporting wheelchair
	Remembrance-Armistice	1		Denomination above, a Poppy placed in the middle zero of the number 100 in centre, commemorated event below
	Australian Commonwealth Games Team	3		Emblem of the Australian Commonwealth Games team and their blue, green and gold colours
2019	Centenary of Repatriation	1		Old style Australian Defence Force badge surrounded by poppy pettles.
	30th Anniversary of National Police Remembrance Day	1		Standardised police badge with a centre crown surrounded by a colourised ring of blue and white checkered tape.
	Rugby Union	1		Colourised green and gold ring surrounding a wallaby holding a ball with "Wallabies Australia" on the outside
	Mr Squiggle	4		Four coins minted featuring 'Mr Squiggle', 'Bill – Steam Shovel', 'Gus – Snail' and 'Blackboard'
2020	Australian Olympic Team	6		Emblem of the Australian Olympic team and their blue, green, gold, Red and Black colours and an additional coin for the Paralympics
	ICC Women's T20 World Cup	1
	75th anniversary of the End of World War II	1
	Australia's firefighters	1
2021	Indigenous Military Personnel	1
	Wiggles	4		30th anniversary of the Wiggles. Four coins; 'Captain Feathersword', 'Waggs the Dog', 'Henry the Octopus' and 'Dorothy the Dinosaur'.
	Australian Ambulance Services	1		The coin is to honour the 33,000 paramedics that work in the various ambulances services around Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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 – Poppy Flower; Colourised	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		Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles, with 'C' mintmark	40,000

1 dollar coin[]

Not all years have issues for circulation with 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 2012 only in mintpacks. Issue 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 are the only issue with the Kangaroo portrait, however, the 2007 $1 with the kangaroo was also minted, but only for mint sets. 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[5][6][7]
1986	International	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 Main article:	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 Main article:	Wojciech Pietranik	Centenary of Federation logo	27,905,390
	International	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	Stylised spiral roll symbolising the shape of the outline of Australia	4,149,000
	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	Logo/Symbol of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum made up of a 7 pointed star itself made from 21 boomerangs	20,100,000
2008	Centenary of Scouts Australia	Caitlin Goodall	Depiction of the Australian spirit flame, the Australian Scout symbol which resembles the international Scouting symbol, the fleur-de-lis, incorporating the southern cross	17,200,000
2009	Centenary of Commonwealth Age Pension	Wojciech Pietranik	Six adults and five children depicted representing pensioners or people dependent on age pensions	10,158,000
2010	Centenary of Girl Guides Australia	Wojciech Pietranik	Depiction of the Australian Girl Guides Symbol which is the Girl Guides Trefoil with a 7 pointed Star in the top leaf of the Trefoil	12,585,000
2011	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting	Tim Leaversuch	Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011, Perth, Western Australia	9,397,000
2014	ANZAC Centenary		Logo of the ANZAC centenary. Australian soldier with head bowed and rifle reversed in solemn reflection	23,000,000
2015	ANZAC Centenary		Logo of the ANZAC centenary.Australian soldier with head bowed and rifle reversed in solemn reflection	Not Available
2016	ANZAC Centenary		Logo of the ANZAC centenary. Australian soldier with head bowed and rifle reversed in solemn reflection
	50th anniversary of Decimal Currency	Stuart Devlin	2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency
2017	ANZAC Centenary		Logo of the ANZAC centenary. Australian soldier with head bowed and rifle reversed in solemn reflection
2018	ANZAC Centenary		Logo of the ANZAC centenary. Australian soldier with head bowed and rifle reversed in solemn reflection
2020	Centenary of Qantas		Logo of Centenary of Qantas
2020	Donation Dollar		A dollar designed to be donated

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures[5][6][7]
1992	Barcelona Olympics	Margaret Priest	Javelin thrower designed by Maragret Priest	23,500
1994	Dollar Decade (1984–1994) – 10th Anniversary of the Australian $1 coin	Vladimir Gottwald	Image of the old Australian $1 note morphing and merging into the Mob of Roo's one dollar coin	123,318
1995	Waltzing Matilda Centenary	Vladimir Gottwald	Stylised image of the Jolly Swagman from the song Waltzing Matilda, replete with a swag and walking stick, dressed roughly	123,318
1997	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Birth Centenary (coin A)	Wojciech Pietranik	Image of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith wearing a pilots helmet and his Fokker Tri-motor plane, the "Southern Cross" superimposed on a map of the world showing the route taken across the Pacific Ocean	50,500
1998	Lord Howard Florey Birth Centenary	Vladimir Gottwald	Howard Florey in surgical garb – developer of Penicillin (1898-1968)	82,035
1999	The last ANZACs.	Wojciech Pietranik	Image of an Australian Soldier (Nicknamed a "Digger") wearing an iconic Slouch Hat	33,922
2000	HMAS Sydney II	Vladimir Gottwald	Image of the warship "HMAS Sydney"	71,367
	Sydney Olympics	Wojciech Pietranik	Olympic Rings superimposed over an image of the Sydney Opera House sails with horizontal lines and waves	98,567
	Centenary of Australia's first Victoria Cross	Wojciech Pietranik	Image of a "Victoria Cross" medal as issued to Australian Soldiers	49,877
2001	Centenary of the Australian Army	Vladimir Gottwald	Australian Army badge	125,186
	80th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Air Force	Vladimir Gottwald	Badge of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) showing an Eagle with wings spread	94,481
	90th Anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy	Vladimir Gottwald	Badge of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) showing an Anchor and Chain within a Reeded Oval topped by a Crown	62,429
2003	50th Anniversary of the End of the Korean War (1953)	Vladimir Gottwald	Dove carrying Olive Branch between the floral symbols of South Korea & Australia	93,572
	Anniversary of Vietnam War Veterans	Wojciech Pietranik	Two obelisk's with an ellipse between them	57,000
2004	150th Anniversary of Eureka Stockade (Ballarat 1854)	Wojciech Pietranik	Colonial military forces arrayed in front of the famed Eureka Stockade. Flying over the stockade is the symbolic Eureka flag with the stars of the Southern Cross prominent	82,604
2005	90th Anniversary of Gallipoli	Vladimir Gottwald	Australian Soldier playing "The Last Post" on bugle	76,173
2006	50 years of Australian television	Vladimir Gottwald	Television transmission tower with transmission waves emanating from it. An old style box TV camera on a tripod	Unknown
	Melbourne Commonwealth Games	Tony Dean	Participant athletes running and jumping	58,505
	Ocean Series Collection – bottlenose dolphin	Tony Dean	Two Dolphins jumping out of the sea	29,749
	Ocean Series Collection – clown fish	Tony Dean	Colourised picture of 2 clown fish swimming in coral	29,743
2007	Ocean Series Collection –	Tony Dean	Surrounding the "1" is a Biscuit Star smorgasboard next to a pad printed image of a Biscuit Star	22,555
	Ocean Series Collection –	Tony Dean	1 standing above wavy lines next to image of a bannerfish swimming around a coral reef	25,088
	Ocean Series Collection – white shark	Tony Dean	1 standing above wavy lines next to image of a bannerfish swimming around a coral reef	30,416
	Ocean Series Collection –	Tony Dean	Colourised image of a bigbelly sea horse swimming amongst reeds	24,666
	Year of the Surf Lifesaver	Tony Dean	Four Lifesavers carrying a person from the surf	30,516
	75th Anniversary of the Sydney Harbour Bridge	Wojciech Pietranik	Image of the complete Harbour Bridge above an image of the joining of the two halves of the bridge	Unknown
	The Ashes Series 1882-2007	Wojciech Pietranik	Mock coat of arms – lion on left, kangaroo on right of the Ashes Cricket Urn crossed cricket bats below	Unknown
	60th Anniversary of Australian Peacekeeping	Wojciech Pietranik	Globe of the world with olive sheafe and dove	31,028
	50th Anniversary of the Australian Special Air Service		Badge of the Special Air Services Regiment "Winged Dagger" with Motto "Who Dares Wins"	Unknown
	International Polar Year, Polar Exploration	Wojciech Pietranik	Depiction of a map of the Antarctic with converging latitude lines and marked with the locations of important Antarctic bases such as Mawson, Davis, and Casey. Overlaying all of this is the image of a 19th-century sail powered ice supply ship	29,893
	Norman Lindsay	Vladimir Gottwald	Image of Norman Lindsay and Magic Pudding characters	33,693
2008	Norman Lindsay	Vladimir Gottwald	Image of Norman Lindsay and Magic Pudding characters	46,504
	Australian Land Series – Echidna	Sabina Foster	Coloured echidna on grass eating ants	20,589
	Australian Land Series – Wallaby	Sabina Foster	Yellow-footed rock wallaby sitting comfortably on a rocky outcrop	24,863
	Australian Land Series – Koala	Sabina Foster	Koala perched in the fork of a Eucalypt tree munching on gum leaves	27,045
	Australian Land Series – Wombat	Sabina Foster	Wombat exiting a hollow log	22,295
	International Polar Year, Polar Exploration	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
	Centenary of Rugby league: 'Inspire the Future'	Vladimir Gottwald	"Centenary of Rugby League" on a scroll superimposed on a large letter "A" with 1908 and 2008 on the rear part of the scroll	61,391
	Centenary of the coat of arms of Australia		Original coat of arms of the Federation of Australia as at 1908	Unknown
	Centenary of Australian Quarantine	Wojciech Pietranik	Sniffer dog and luggage case in shape of Australia	51,694
	International Year of Planet Earth	Vladimir Gottwald	Stylised map of Australia with human hands showing the change we effect on the environment	Unknown
	Inspirational Australians: Education – Blessed Mary MacKillop	Vladimir Gottwald	Depiction of Mary MacKillop and three of her young students in front of a map of the world	29,802
	90th anniversary of the end of WWI			Unknown
2009	International Year of Astronomy – 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first use of the telescope	Caitlin Goodall	Radio telescope in Parkes, NSW	Unknown
2009–2011	Dorothy Wall – Blinky Bill		Picture of Dorothy Wall surrounded by Blinky Bill characters	Unknown
2009	60th anniversary of Australian citizenship	Wojciech Pietranik	A central globe of the world surrounded by a seven-pointed star, in between the points of the star are seven heads of various people representing citizenship	Unknown
2009–2016	Australian citizenship	Tom Vaughan	Australian coat of arms	Unknown
2009	Inspirational Australians: Steve Irwin	Caitlin Goodall	Image of Steve Irwin surrounded by Galapagos Turtle, Carpet Python Snake, Saltwater Crocodile and Koala	35,058
	ANZAC Day Series – Army			Unknown
	Sydney 2009 World Master Games		Sydney tower and bridge Symbol of World Master Games	6,733
	200 Years of Postal Services in Australia		Picture of a Mailing Box below value	Unknown
	Year of Astronomy			Unknown
2010	ANZAC Day Series – Navy	Wade Robinson		17,545
	Flight Centennial		Bi-Plane flying right	Unknown
	2010 Shanghai World Expo	Wade Robinson	Artistic tiger seen from above, advancing forward	Unknown
	150th anniversary of the Burke & Wills Expedition	Wojciech Pietranik	King, the sole survivor of the expedition, sitting under the "Dig Tree"	Unknown
	100th Anniversary of Australian Coins	Vladimir Gottwald	Images of the four right facing English monarchs that have appeared on Australian Pre-Decimal coinage. From left to right, Queen Elizabeth II, George VI, George V, and Edward VII	Unknown
	Inspirational Australian: Health Care • Fred Hollows 1929-1993	Vladimir Gottwald	Fred Hollows holding up an intraocular lens	32,649
	Lachlan Macquarie Governor of New South Wales (1810-1821)	Ryan Vanderwiel	Governor Macquarie's portrait, a five-shilling holey dollar and a 15 pence dump	15,000
	Burke & Wills 150 Years		The coin's reverse portrays Burke and Wills as they are represented in Charles Summers' sculpture on the corner of Melbourne's Swanston and Collins Streets	Unknown
2011	Australian Wool		Shearer bending over a sheep and shearing it standing on a map of Australia. To the left is a depiction of curly wool	Unknown
	Shilling Ram's Head	George Kruger Gray	The Head of the Merino Ram, which showed on Australian shilling coins (1938-1963) until Australia introduced decimal coinage	Unknown
	ANZAC Day Series – RAAF			Unknown
	Dame Nellie Melba	Aleysha Howarth	Bust at left facing right, flowers at right	Unknown
	Centenary of RMC Duntroon 1911 – 2011	Wade Robinson	Depicts the official Royal Military College badge incorporating the motto DOCTRINA VIM PROMOVET (learning promotes strength)	Unknown
	Royal Australian Navy 100th Anniversary	Wade Robinson	Official Navy badge incorporating the St Edwards (Queens) Crown and the inscription ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY 100 YEARS 1911 – 2011	Unknown
	85th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth	Ryan Vanderwiel	Smiling portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and features a representation of her personal flag as Head of the Commonwealth of Australia. The inscriptions read, H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, 85th Birthday, and the dates 1926 – 2011. Also featured is The Perth Mint's traditional 'P' mintmark	Unknown
	Presidents Cup Golf		Image of a Golfer Teeing Off with clubhouse in the background. Presidents Cup Trophy and logo are next to the golfer	Unknown
	100 Years of Census	Vladimir Gottwald	The design shows a bar graph of horizontally stacked faces. A stylised map of Australia made from ribbon which is the logo of the census is also featured	15,024
	Inspirational Australians – Dame Joan Sutherland		Picture of Dame Joan Sutherland performing in robe	24,951
2012	Australian Wheat – Fields of Gold	Wojciech Pietranik	A farmer wearing an Akubra hat driving a combine harvester harvesting a wheat crop	20,000
2012–2014	Ethel C. Pedly – Dot and the Kangaroo		Image of Ethel C. Pedly with Dot and the Kangaroo	Unknown
2012	ANZAC Day – Nurses		NURSES TENDING PATIENT WITH BUGLER IN BACKGROUND	Unknown
	Grain producing Industry of Australia	George Kruger Gray	The design depicts 3 wheat stalks and ribbon	Unknown
	Australian Men's Tennis Open	Wojciech Pietranik	A depiction of the Australian Men's Tennis Open trophy the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup	27,044
	Australian Women's Open	Wojciech Pietranik	Depiction of the winners trophy of the Australian Women's Tennis Open, the Daphne Akhurst Cup outlined by swirls and a small tennis ball	27,004
	Year of the Co-Operatives	Aaron Baggio	7 People lifting a Cube towards 7 Cubes	Unknown
	Year of the Farmer	Wojciech Pietranik	Linear fields of a farm with cows, chickens, sheep, water, wheat etc.	20,000
	Australian 2012 London Olympic Team	Wade Robinson	Kangaroo with boxing gloves raised	20,000
	Inspirational Australians – Sir Douglas Mawson	Wojciech Pietranik	Image of Sir Douglas Mawson in front of a map of the Antarctic territory	Unknown
	2012 AFL Premiers		Picture of the AFL Trophy Cup	15,000
	AFL Premiers – Sydney Swans		Picture of the AFL Trophy Cup	17,500
2013	The Benevolent Society		An interpretation of the Benevolent Society's original logo	16,002
	Slim Dusty	Aleksandra Stokic	A portrait of Slim next to his acoustic guitar	21,002
	Australian Mining		Prospector goldpanning	14,889
	Bicentenary of the Holey Dollar & Dump	William Henshall	Image of Holey Dollar and Dump	Unknown
	100th Anniversary of the ANZAC Landings			Unknown
	60th Anniversary of the Korean War	Aaron Baggio	Design depicts a dove in flight, with the word 'peace' in Korean letters	20,000
	40th Anniversary of the Sydney Opera House	Aleksandra Stokic	Depiction of the Sydney Opera House as seen from Sydney Harbour. Underneath is the UNESCO Logo	15,000
	AFL Premiers 2013 – Hawthorn Football Club		Image of the AFL Trophy Cup	18,000
	BMX Riding	Natasha Muhl	Graphic design of BMX rider on left with engraved image of rider doing a stunt central on the coin	Unknown
	Christmas 2013		Two lit candles behind greenery	Unknown
2014	30 Years of Mob of Roos Coin	Stuart Devlin	5 Kangaroos (Three of them pad printed coloured brown)	Unknown
	200th Anniversary of A Voyage to Terra Australis		Image of Australia with Matthew Flinders ship sailing around it. with compass surrounding	Unknown
	AFL Premiers 2014 – Hawthorn Football Club		Picture of the AFL Premiership Trophy Cup	Unknown
	Clever Australia Series		Depiction of important medical developments in a Spiral : the pacemaker, penicillin, IVF embryo freezing and spray-on skin for burns victims	30,000
	70th Anniversary for the Retirement of G for George	Aleksandra Stokic	Image of front-on representation of a Lancaster bomber against a background showing stylised bomb silhouettes. All enclosed by a circular frame that represents the dial of a compass	30,000
	Lest We Forget			Unknown
2015	AFL – Custodians of the Game		Depiction of Australian Rules Football players taking a high mark with a football. The background shows the crowd waving flags on the circular grandstand of the MCG	Unknown
	ANZAC Centenary	Aleksandra Stokic	Australian and New Zealand Soldiers holding rifles and bugle with Gallipoli headland in background	Unknown
	Australian Lighthouse Aid to Navigation		Depiction of a Lighthouse atop a rocky headland shining a beam of light in all directions to warn shipping of danger	Unknown
	ANZAC – 100th Anniversary of Gallipoli			Unknown
	NRL – Moments that Matter		Depiction of Rugby League Football players kicking and running with a football. The background is shaped as a Rugby League Football and Goalposts are seen behind the players	Unknown
	ANZAC Centenary (WW1 War Heroes Red Poppy)		Depiction has a central red poppy in a field of smaller poppies struck into the surface of the coin. Red poppy has a black centre	13,500
2016	Australia's First Mints		Representation of a Sydney sovereign	Unknown
	ANZAC Day – Lest We Forget	Ing Ing Jong		Unlimited
2021	AC/DC		AC/DC logo with Angus Young and his guitar and various other objects/

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		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		Family	20,876,100
1995	50th Anniversary of the end of World War II	& 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
	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
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – New South Wales	William Applegate Gullick.	New South Wales Coat of Arms	3,042,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Australian Capital Territory			2,000,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Queensland			2,320,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Victoria			2,800,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Northern Territory			2,080,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Western Australia			2,400,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – South Australia			2,400,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Tasmania			2,160,000
	Centenary of Federation – States & Territories – Norfolk Island			2,160,000
2002		Wojciech Pietranik		11,507,000
2003	Australia's Volunteers	Vladimir Gottwald		13,927,000
2004	Student Design	Vladimir Gottwald & Student John Serrano, , 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
	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
2017	25 Years – Mabo Decision & 50 Years – 1967 Referendum		Depiction of Eddie Mabo and Referendum How to Vote card from 1967
2019	International Year of Indigenous Languages		Features the words "International Year of Indigenous Languages" amidst 14 indigenous words that mean "money"

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
	Commonwealth Games Series – Hockey	Wojciech Pietranik		6,261
	Commonwealth Games Series – Shooting	Wojciech Pietranik		5,570
	Commonwealth Games Series – Weight lifting	Wojciech Pietranik		6,832
	Commonwealth Games Series – Cycling	Wojciech Pietranik		22,861
	Commonwealth Games Series – Badminton	Wojciech Pietranik		22,270
	Commonwealth Games Series – Rugby 7's	Wojciech Pietranik		24,427
	Commonwealth Games Series – Gymnastics	Wojciech Pietranik		25,574
	Commonwealth Games Series – Athletics	Wojciech Pietranik		22,457
	Commonwealth Games Series – Table Tennis	Wojciech Pietranik		22,502
	Commonwealth Games Series – Netball	Wojciech Pietranik		22,432
	Commonwealth Games Series – Triathlon	Wojciech Pietranik		22,302
	Commonwealth Games Series – Aquatics	Wojciech Pietranik		31,702
	Commonwealth Games Series – Boxing	Wojciech Pietranik		22,602
	Commonwealth Games Series – Lawn Bowls	Wojciech Pietranik		22,602
	Commonwealth Games Series – Squash	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
	The Queen's Birthday	Stuart Devlin		28,191
	The Royal visit	Stuart Devlin		28,593
2007	Royal 60th Wedding Anniversary	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
2008	Centenary of Scouts Australia	Caitlin Goodal		Unknown
	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
	Royal Engagement	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
2011	Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton	Vladimir Gottwald		Unknown
	50th Anniversary of the Triple Zero Emergency Call Service	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
	60th Anniversary of National Service	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
2012	70th Anniversary of Kokoda Trail	Wojciech Pietranik		Unknown
	Bombing of Australia	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
	50th Anniversary of The Australian Ballet	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
	Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II	Stuart Devlin		Unknown
	Lunar Year of the Dragon	Alexander Vorodeyev		Unknown
2013	100 Years of Commonwealth Stamps	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
	Centenary of Australian Banknotes	Aaron Baggio		Unknown
	60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II	Aleksandra Stokic		Unknown
	Surfing Australia	Aleksandra Stokic	Surfer on a board above a wave, bordered by a wave tunnel	Unknown
	50 Years of the Bathurst Endurance Race	Daniel Neale		Unlimited
	Lunar Year of the Snake	Alexander Vorodeyev	Snake accompanied by the Chinese character for such	Unknown
	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

30 cent coin[]

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2021	The Wiggles		Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, and Jeff Fatt in costume	50,000
	The Wiggles		Anthony Field, Emma Watkins, Lachlan Gillespie, and Simon Pryce in costume	50,000

25 cent coin[]

Non-circulation collector coins[]

Year Issued	Commemorative subject	Reverse designer	Reverse design	Mintage Figures
2016	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Our Legends	1,000,000
	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Peace	1,000,000
	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Battle of Long Tan	1,000,000
	Anzac Day	Tony Dean	Kokoda	1,000,000
2017	Anzac Day	Aaron Baggio	Victoria Cross	N/A
	Anzac Day	Aaron Baggio	George Cross	N/A
	Anzac Day	Aaron Baggio	Distinguished Flying Cross	N/A
	Anzac Day	Aaron Baggio	Medal for Gallantry	N/A

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		Donald Bradman in cricket gear, circular lettering	10,000,000
	Centenary of Federation – New South Wales	Student Joseph Neve from the	NSW emblem	3,202,500
	Centenary of Federation – Australian Capital Territory	Student Stacy Jo-Ann Paine from the Caroline Chisholm High School	Student Design	2,100,000
	Centenary of Federation – Queensland	Student Jenifer Gray from the	Student Design	2,300,000
	Centenary of Federation – Victoria	Students Ryan Ladd & Mark Kennedy from the	Student Design	2,900,000
	Centenary of Federation – Norfolk Island	Student Megan Cunnings from the	Student Design	2,200,000
	Centenary of Federation – Northern Territory	Student Lisa Brett from the in Darwin	Student Design	2,100,000
	Centenary of Federation – Western Australia	Student Janice Ng from the Forrestfield Senior High School	Student Design	2,400,000
	Centenary of Federation – South Australia	Student Lisa Murphy from the	Student Design	2,400,000
	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.	33,500,000
2010	The Australian Tax Office Centenary 2010			11,575,000
2011	Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton			10,123,000
	International Women's Day 100th anniversary 1911-2011			6,773,000
	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
	International Year of Planet Earth			Unknown
2009	International Year of Astronomy			Unknown
2016	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Fromelles
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Rats of Tobruk
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Darwin Bombing
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Bomber Command
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Thai-Burma Railway
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Korean War
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Peacekeeping
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Special Forces
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Dogs at War
	ANZAC to Afghanistan – Afghanistan
2020	AC/DC – Back in Black		AC/DC logo with Back in Black album art inside a vinyl.
	AC/DC – Ballbreaker		Ballbreaker album art inside a vinyl.
	AC/DC – High Voltage
	AC/DC – T.N.T.
	AC/DC – Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
	AC/DC – For Those About To Rock		For Those About to Rock cannon inside a vinyl.

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

5 cent coin[]

Circulation releases[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• The Australian Dollar Coin
• Circulating coinage
• Decimal coins