This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2026 Royal Australian Mint No. 1) Determination 2026.

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019

1 At the end of the instrument

Add:

Schedule 2026—Australian Coins

Note: See section 5.

Part 1—Royal Australian Mint

Division 1—Specifications of coins

2 Specifications—non‑circulating coins

Each item of the following table specifies the standard composition, the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination and standard composition are specified in that item.

Specifications of coins
Item	Denomination		Standard composition		Standard weight and allowable variation (g)		Maximum diameter or other dimension (mm)		Maximum thickness (mm)		Shape		Edge		Obverse		Reverse		Date of effect
1		$2		Copper, aluminium and nickel		6.60 ± 0.60		20.62		3.70		S1		E3		O2		R1		16/01/2026
2		$2		Copper, aluminium and nickel		6.60 ± 0.60		20.62		3.70		S1		E3		O2		R2		16/01/2026
3		$2		Copper, aluminium and nickel		6.60 ± 0.60		20.62		3.70		S1		E3		O2		R3		16/01/2026

Division 2—Explanation of symbols

3 Symbols used in Division 1

Each item of the following table contains an explanation of a symbol used in Division 1 of this Schedule to describe the shape, edge design, obverse design and reverse design of a coin.

Explanation of symbols used in Division 1
Item	Design Feature	Symbol	Explanation
1	Shape	S1	Circular
17	Edge	E3	Interrupted milling
21	Obverse	O2	A design consisting of an effigy of King Charles III and the following: (a) “CHARLES III”; and (b) “AUSTRALIA”; and (c) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year; and (d) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denomination of the coin, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and (e) “DT”.
100	Reverse	R1	A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of a female athlete performing a movement associated with a gymnastics event; and (b) in the centre of the coin, a teal and yellow pattern inspired by the official branding of Commonwealth Games Australia (from the artwork Unity, by Indigenous artist Jenna Lee); and (c) surrounding the pattern are 2 concentric circles (which are partially obscuring, and obscured by, the athlete) containing: (i) the words “COMMONWEALTH GAMES” in one of the concentric circles; and (ii) the words “TEAM AUS” in the other concentric circle; and (d) the following: (i) “AWB”.
101	Reverse	R2	A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of a male athlete in a wheelchair performing a movement associated with a 3 × 3 wheelchair basketball event; and (b) in the centre of the coin, a teal and green pattern inspired by the official branding of Commonwealth Games Australia (from the artwork Unity, by Indigenous artist Jenna Lee); and (c) surrounding the pattern are 2 concentric circles (which are partially obscuring, and obscured by, the athlete) containing: (i) the words “COMMONWEALTH GAMES” in one of the concentric circles; and (ii) the words “TEAM AUS” in the other concentric circle; and (d) the following: (i) “AWB”.
102	Reverse	R3	A design consisting of: (a) a stylised representation of a male athlete performing a movement associated with an athletics event; and (b) in the centre of the coin, a yellow and teal pattern inspired by the official branding of Commonwealth Games Australia (from the artwork Unity, by Indigenous artist Jenna Lee); and (c) surrounding the pattern are 2 concentric circles (which are partially obscuring, and obscured by, the athlete) containing: (i) the words “COMMONWEALTH GAMES” in one of the concentric circles; and (ii) the words “TEAM AUS” in the other concentric circle; and (d) the following: (i) “AWB”.