The Royal Australian Mint Canberra was officially opened on the 22nd of February, 1965 by the Duke of Edinburgh.
Royal Australian Mint was created in 1965.
The Royal Australian Mint is located in the Canberra suburb of Deakin.
Since 1984, all of Australia's general circulation coins have been minted at the Royal Australian Mint Canberra. Prior to 1984, Australia's decimal coins were minted at the Royal Australian Mint Melbourne and the Royal Australian Mint Perth as well as the Royal Australian Mint Canberra. Very occasionally, some have been minted overseas at the Royal Mint London, the Royal Mint Wales and the Royal Canadian Mint.
The Royal Australian Mint Sydney, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1855 and closed in 1926. The Royal Australian Mint Melbourne, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1872 and closed in 1967. The Royal Australian Mint Perth, was opened as a branch of the Royal Mint London in 1899 and is still operating. It is currently owned by the Western Australian Government and is responsible for producing most of Australia's bullion. The Royal Australian Mint Canberra, was opened in 1965 and is still operating. It produces all of Australia's circulating coins and mints coins for many other countries.
With both the 1966 Australian "Proof" and "Mint" sets, sets labelled "Commonwealth of Australia" include 5, 10 and 20 cent coins minted at the Royal Mint London. With sets labelled "Royal Australian Mint", all coins were minted at the Royal Australian Mint Canberra.
The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) Canberra has the sole responsibility for minting all of Australia's general circulation coins. The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) Canberra and the Perth Mint between them, mints all of Australia's Non-Circulating Legal Tender (NCLT) coins plus a variety of medals, medallions and other similar products.
It is located in Canberra
The Royal Australian Mint has a mobile facility that enables people to mint their own coins. The facility is often available at major events around the country such as the Royal Melbourne Show and other similar events.
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Have a look at the Royal Australian Mint homepage at the link below.
The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has the production capacity to produce 2 million coins per day. The Royal Australian Mint also produces coins for a number of other countries in addition to bullion coins, medals, medallions and other privately commissioned articles.
The following information is from the Royal Australian Mint Annual Reports. In the 2007-2008 Financial Year, the Royal Australian Mint produced 196,685,000 Australian general circulation coins. In the 2008-2009 Financial Year, the Royal Australian Mint produced 167,600,000 Australian general circulation coins. The statistics for the 2009-2010 Financial Year are not yet available.