Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2026 Royal Australian Mint No. 3) Determination 2026

I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.

Dated   28 April 2026

 

Dr Andrew Leigh

Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer

 

 

 

 

1  Name 

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

Currency (Australian Coins) Determination 2019

 

  This instrument is the Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2026 Royal Australian Mint No. 3) 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

  This instrument is made under the Currency Act 1965.

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

 

1 Before Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 2

Insert:

  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

R13

28/04/2026

 

2 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)

Add:

 

17

$2

Copper, aluminium and nickel

6.60 ± 0.60

20.62

3.70

S1

E3

O2

R14

28/04/2026

18

$2

At least 99.9% silver

8.55 ± 0.25

20.70

3.40

S1

E3

O2

R14

28/04/2026

19

$1

Copper, aluminium and nickel

9.00 ± 0.66

25.20

3.46

S1

E3

O2

R15

28/04/2026

20

$5

At least 99.9% silver

31.103 + 3.00

40.50

8.30

S4

E2

O11

R16

28/04/2026

21

$100

At least 99.99% gold

31.103 + 0.50

38.75

4.80

S4

E2

O11

R17

28/04/2026

22

50¢

Copper and nickel

15.55 ± 0.96

31.65

3.16

S5

E2

O2

R18

28/04/2026

 

3  Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (after table item 1)

Insert:

 

4

Shape

S4

Circular concave

 

4 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (after table item 21)

Insert:

 

30

Obverse

O11

A design consisting of:

(a) a central circle enclosing an effigy of King Charles III and the following:

(i) “CHARLES III”; and

(ii) “AUSTRALIA”; and

(iii) the inscription, in Arabic numerals, of a year; and

(iv) Arabic numerals for the amount, in dollars or cents, of the denominations of the coin, followed by “DOLLAR”, “DOLLARS” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and

(v) “DT”; and

(b) surrounding that central circle, an ornamental border comprising stylised representations of splashing water; and

(c) immediately inside the rim of the coin, a stylised representation of the following:

(i) a rat; and

(ii) a pig; and

(iii) a dog; and

(iv) a rooster; and

(v) a monkey; and

(vi) a goat; and

(vii) a horse; and

(viii) a snake; and

(ix) a dragon; and

(x) a rabbit; and

(xi) a tiger; and

(xii) an ox; and

(d) the animal mentioned in paragraph (c) that relates to the relevant zodiac year appearing at the top of the coin.

 

5 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)

Add:

 

112

Reverse

R13

A design consisting of:

(a) a central circle containing a coloured pattern of concentric circles graduating from shades of orange to purple (moving from the centre of the coin outwards); and

(b) to the left of the central circle, a stylised representation of a soldier in uniform, standing and facing right, holding and playing a bugle; and

(c) partially obscured by the soldier and central circle, a stylised outline of a war memorial surrounded by a textured pattern; and

(d) in the bottom half of the coin, and partially obscuring the textured pattern, a stylised outline of steps ascending to the right; and

(e) in the top half of the coin surrounding the central circle, and partially obscured by the war memorial and soldier, a representation of 2 musical staves with notes forming two concentric semicircles, representing a section of the musical score of the military bugle call known as the ‘Last Post’; and

(f) the following inscriptions:

(i) “THE LAST POST”; and

(ii) “REMEMBRANCE”; and

(iii) “LA” (in a stylised form).

113

Reverse

R14

The same as for item 112, except omit subparagraph (f)(iii) and substitute:

(iii) “LA” (in a stylised form); and

(iv) “C” (in a stylised form).

114

Reverse

R15

A design consisting of:

(a) a crescent shape partially obscured on the convex side by a stylised representation of a goat, facing right, standing on rocky ground; and

(b) above, and partially obscured by the goat, a stylised representation of a branch of a persimmon tree, adorned with leaves and fruit; and

(c) within the crescent shape, the Chinese language character (), pronounced yáng under the Pinyin system, and meaning goat; and

(d) the following stylised inscriptions:

(i) “YEAR OF THE GOAT”; and

(ii) “BS”.

115

Reverse

R16

The same as for item 114, except omit subparagraph (d)(ii) and substitute:

(ii) “Xoz .999 Ag” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(iii) “BS”.

116

Reverse

R17

The same as for item 114, except omit subparagraph (d)(ii) and substitute:

(ii) “Xoz .9999 Au” (where “X” is the nominal weight in ounces of the coin, expressed as a whole number or a common fraction in Arabic numerals); and

(iii) “BS”.

117

Reverse

R18

A design consisting of:

(a) a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II at the centre of the coin; and

(b) above the portrait, the Royal cypher of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II surmounted with St Edward’s Crown; and

(c) to the left of the portrait, a stylised representation of the badge of the Auxiliary Territorial Service; and

(d) surrounding the portrait, stylised representations of roses, myrtle, lily of the valley, and golden wattle flowers and sprigs; and

(e) intertwined in the flowers and sprigs, stylised representations of the following:

(i) 2 theatrical masks (Thalia and Melpomene); and

(ii) a corgi; and

(iii) a horse; and

(iv) a painter’s palette; and

(f) the following:

(i) “CENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II”; and

(ii) “AS”; and

(iii) the letter “C” enclosed in a square.