
Currency (Australian Coins) Amendment (2026 Royal Australian Mint No. 6) Determination 2026
I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.
Dated 2 July 2026
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. 6) 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.
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Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 1 (at the end of the table)
Add:
2 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R39 | 10/07/2026 |
3 | 50¢ | Copper and nickel | 15.55 ± 0.96 | 31.65 | 3.16 | S5 | E2 | O2 | R40 | 10/07/2026 |
2 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 2 (at the end of the table)
Add:
44 | $2 | Copper, aluminium and nickel | 6.60 ± 0.60 | 20.62 | 3.70 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R41 | 10/07/2026 |
45 | $2 | At least 99.9% silver | 8.55 ± 0.25 | 20.70 | 3.40 | S1 | E3 | O1 | R41 | 10/07/2026 |
46 | 50¢ | Copper and nickel | 15.55 ± 0.96 | 31.65 | 3.16 | S5 | E2 | O2 | R40 | 10/07/2026 |
47 | 50¢ | At least 99.9% silver | 18.24 ± 0.50 | 31.65 | 3.20 | S5 | E2 | O2 | R40 | 10/07/2026 |
48 | 50¢ | Copper and nickel | 15.55 ± 0.96 | 31.65 | 3.16 | S5 | E2 | O1 | R42 | 10/07/2026 |
49 | 50¢ | At least 99.9% silver | 18.24 ± 0.50 | 31.65 | 3.20 | S5 | E2 | O1 | R42 | 10/07/2026 |
3 Schedule 2026, Part 1, clause 3 (at the end of the table)
Add:
138 | Reverse | R39 | A design consisting of: (a) in the centre of the coin, a representation of a biscuit on a scallop‑edged plate; and (b) on the rim of the plate, a blue and white printed ornamental border including the following: (i) oat plant; and (ii) rosemary sprigs; and (iii) rising sun; and (iv) setting sun; and (v) larks; and (c) partially surrounding the plate, a doily pattern; and (d) the following: (i) “ANZAC BISCUIT”; and (ii) a representation of the designer’s initials “NF” stylised as a fox; and (iii) the denomination of the coin in words, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires. | |
139 | Reverse | R40 | A design consisting of: (a) inside the rim of the coin, a circular border; and (b) partially obscuring the circular border, a line of 15 Indigenous people and a dog, viewed from behind, walking across a dirt plain and casting representations of shadows, which form the word ‘UNITY’; and (c) in the background, the following sections of Indigenous activist Vincent Lingiari’s speech at the Wave Hill Station Handover Ceremony, partially obscured by the circular border: (i) “LET US LIVE HAPPILY TOGETHER AS MATES, LET US NOT MAKE IT HARD FOR EACH OTHER”; and (ii) “WE WANT TO LIVE IN A BETTER WAY TOGETHER, ABORIGINALS AND WHITE MEN, LET US NOT FIGHT OVER ANYTHING, LET US BE MATES”; and (iii) “NGUMPIN, KARTIYA KARRU-LA JINTAKU-LA” (in Gurindji language), “BLACKFELLA, WHITEFELLA UNITE AS ONE” (in English); and (d) partially obscuring the sections of speech, a stylised representation of a landscape consisting of rolling hills, and a stylised hand (representing the hand of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam) pouring dirt into an open hand (representing the hand of Indigenous activist Vincent Lingiari); and (e) the following: (i) “GURINDJI WAVE HILL WALK OFF 1966”; and (ii) “BIRTHPLACE OF ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS ACT 1976”. | |
140 | Reverse | R41 | The same as for item 138, except omit subparagraph (d)(iii) and substitute: (iii) the denomination of the coin in words, followed by “DOLLARS”, “DOLLAR” or “CENTS” as the case requires; and (iv) “C”. | |
141 | Reverse | R42 | A design consisting of: (a) stylised representations of the following elements (each of which is partially obscuring another): (i) stars; and (ii) musical notes; and (iii) curved lines; and (iv) a satellite; and (v) clouds; and (vi) the sun: and (vii) raindrops; and (viii) the cartoon character Dollar Bill from the Decimal Currency Conversion Jingle (1965), as created by Monty Wedd and drawn by Laurie Sharpe; and (ix) figures participating in different sports; and (x) a first prize medal containing the inscription “1”, with 2 ribbon tails with the inscriptions “MELBOURNE” and “1956”; and (xi) different sports balls; and (xii) scattered cricket stumps and bails; and (xiii) 3 toy racing cars; and (xiv) a painter’s palette and 2 paintbrushes; and (xv) a kangaroo; and (xvi) an astronaut in a spacesuit standing on the moon, staking a flag; and (xvii) a lunar module; and (xviii) a bolt of lightning; and (xix) 2 theatrical masks (Thalia and Melpomene); and (xx) a pair of handcuffs, one locked, and one unlocked; and (xxi) a spoon, fork, knife and a fish; and (xxii) a hand casting a ballot into a voting ballot box containing the inscription “VOTE”; and (xxiii) 2 dollar signs; and (xxiv) 2 trees; and (xxv) an Akubra hat; and (xxvi) a transmission tower with a stylised signal radiating out, forming an arc; and (xxvii) a van; and (xxviii) a wedding ring and engagement ring overlapping; and (xxix) a television set and screen from the 1950s; and (xxx) a television camera; and (xxxi) a radio microphone; and (xxxii) a crocodile standing on its hindlegs; and (xxxiii) a house with the roof detached, a hammer and a saw; and (xxxiv) a crown; and (xxxv) a sign displaying the inscription “QUIZ”; and (xxxvi) 5 playing cards, 2 of which display question marks; and (xxxvii) a car; and (xxxviii) a bar of soap surrounded by bubbles; and (xxxix) 2 toy teddy bears; and (xl) 3 figures dancing, one of which is holding a guitar; and (b) partially obscuring the rest of the elements, light blue, yellow, green, white, black, dark blue, pink and red coloured shapes; and (c) the following: (i) “AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING”; and (ii) “1956-2026”; and (iii) “50”; and (iv) “AB” (in a stylised form). | |