The Royal Australian Mint has partnered with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Australian War Memorial to produce commemorative coins from 2014 to 2018 to mark the ANZAC Centenary and honor Australian service members. The coins will recognize Australia's involvement in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf Wars, and the war in Afghanistan, as well as peacekeeping missions. Each year's coin program will focus on different conflicts and anniversaries to help tell Australia's story of war and commemorate those who served.

1. a century of service
ANZAC CENTENARY
2014 - 2018
commemorative
coin program

2. A CENTURY OF SERVICE
ANZAC CENTENARY
2014 – 2018 COMMEMORATIVE COIN PROGRAM
The Royal Australian Mint has partnered with the
Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Australian War
Memorial for the 2014-2018 ANZAC Centenary period to
produce a collection of commemorative coins which capture
the history, service and sacrifice of Australians at war.
Australia entered the Great War in August 1914, following
the commencement of hostilities between Germany and
Great Britain. Almost 417 000 Australian men enlisted
from a population of fewer than five million.
By the end of the war four years later, more than 60 000
had been killed and more than 150 000 had been wounded,
maimed or taken prisoner. Australia’s most famous campaign,
though ultimately a defeat, was fought on the shores and
hillsides of the Gallipoli Peninsula against the Turkish Ottoman
Empire. Australian Diggers fought alongside New Zealanders
as the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, the ANZACs.
They fought there for eight months before withdrawing. British
and French troops among others also served on Gallipoli.

3. Each year on 25 April, on the anniversary of the dawn
landings at Anzac Cove and the start of the Gallipoli
campaign, we remember the sacrifice made by all
Australians in war, conflict and peacekeeping operations.
Over the coming five years Australia will commemorate not
only one hundred years since the First World War, but we
will mark seventy years since the end of the Second World
War, sixty five years since the start of the Korean War, forty
five years since Australian troops withdrew from Vietnam and
fifteen years since the start of the war in Afghanistan. We will
also remember seventy years of Australian peacekeeping.
The Australian experience of war has many
facets; a common thread has always been
stories of mateship, larrikinism and duty.
This program endeavours to remember those conflicts and
help Australians tell the story of how instrumental those
times were in creating the Australia we know today.

4. 2014 $1 Circulating Coin – 100 Years of ANZAC - The Spirit Lives
2014 $5 Fine Silver Proof Triangular Coin – Lest We Forget
2014 $1 Uncirculated Coin – 70th Anniversary of retirement - G for George
2014 $10 Copper Antique Coin – A History of the Victoria Cross
2014 $2 Coloured Circulating Coin – Remembrance Day
2014 $2 Coloured ‘C’ Mintmark Coin – Remembrance Day
2014 $1 Silver Proof Coin – 100th Anniversary of First AIF Convoy
2014 $10 Gold Proof Coin – 100th Anniversary of First AIF Convoy
AUSTRALIA AT WAR – THE GREAT WAR
• 2014 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin – Boer War
• 2014 50c Uncirculated Coin – German New Guinea
• 2014 50c Uncirculated Coin – Battle of Cocos Islands
• 2014 50c Uncirculated Coin – Australian Flying Corps
• 2014 50c Uncirculated Coin – Gallipoli Campaign
• 2014 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin – The Western Front
2014 PROGRAM
AUSTRALIA AT WAR WILL ALSO BE
AVAILABLE AS A SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM

5. 100th Anniversary of the Somme, Fromelles, and Pozieres
50th Anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan
AUSTRALIA AT WAR – POST-1945 CONFLICTS
• Korean War
• Malayan Emergency
• Indonesian Confrontation
• Vietnam War
• Gulf Wars
• Afghanistan
ANZAC Centenary Collection
AUSTRALIA AT WAR – THE SECOND WORLD WAR
• El Alamein
• Tobruk
• Greece
• Crete
• Empire Air Training Scheme
• War in the Pacific
2015 PROGRAM
2016 PROGRAM

6. 2017 PROGRAM
2018 PROGRAM
75th Anniversary of Vyner Brooke
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Beersheba
THE HOME FRONT
• Coral Sea
• Kokoda Track
• Milne Bay
• 75th Anniversary of the attacks on Sydney Harbour
Hall of Remembrance
75th Anniversary of the sinking of the Centaur
THE CENTENARY OF THE ARMISTICE
On 11 November 1918, the guns fell silent across the
Western Front, though thousands of Australians would never
return home at the end of the Great War.
100th Anniversary of Armistice

7. FOR UPDATES PLEASE VISIT
www.ramint.gov.au
Coin Terminology
Circulating – The Mint produces up to 650 circulating
coins a minute, intended to be used as currency.
Uncirculated – These collector coins usually feature special
designs. Striking at a slower rate with greater force produces a
better image.
Antique – A treatment applied to coins after minting
to give the look of older metal.
Frosted Uncirculated – These coins have the defining feature
of a polished, more striking image against a frosted background.
Proof – Produced in hand-operated coin presses, in a controlled
environment and generally made with precious metals.

8. The Royal Australian Mint in Canberra is
Australia’s official mint and the sole producer
of Australia’s circulating coinage.
Opened in 1965, the Royal Australian Mint’s first
task was to produce new coins for the introduction of
decimal currency the following year. Today, the Mint
also produces coins for several other governments.
The Royal Australian Mint also creates a significant
catalogue of collectable coin releases. The Mint
iconifies the Australian story through minted treasures
and provides the public with an opportunity to connect
and share these stories in a tangible way.
The Royal Australian Mint plans to commemorate these themes,
subject to Australian Government currency determination. All products
and themes are correct at time of printing, but are subject to change.