Commemorative coins of Australia
are circulated with different designs depicting various anniversaries or significant Australian events, these differing coin designs being labelled Australian commemorative coins. Typically, only the 20c, 50c and $1 coins have been minted in commemoration, however in 2012 a commemorative $2 coin was minted for Remembrance Day and in 2016 a 25c gold coin was minted for Anzac Day.
2 dollar coin
Australia's first commemorative $2 coin was released in 2012 to commemorate Australia's involvement in wars.Circulation releases
The 2012 commemorative $2 coin was minted to acknowledge Remembrance Day. It features a poppy in the centre on a background of microtext, reading: "remembrance day" and "lest we forget". There are also poppies on either side of the main design. The obverse features the third effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, and "Australia 2012". A coloured version of the coin is also to be circulated,, as Australia's first coloured circulating coin. As Canada also has coloured circulating coins, Australia is now the second country to do so.| Year Issued | Commemorative Subject | Reverse Designer | Reverse Design | Mintage Figures |
| 2012 | Remembrance Day - Poppy Flower; Colourised | Aaron Baggio | Coloured red poppy centre on microtext background | 503,000 |
| 2012 | Remembrance Day - Poppy Flower | Aaron Baggio | Non-coloured poppy centre on microtext background | 5,799,000 |
| 2013 | 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II | Aleksandra Stokic | St Edward's Crown surrounded by purple coloured royalty stripes | 995,000 |
| 2014 | Remembrance Day - Dove | Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles | 2,000,000 | |
| 2015 | ANZAC Day - War Graves | Poppies and grave crosses around a red concentric circle encapsulating the words "Lest We Forget" | 1,500,000 | |
| 2015 | Flanders Fields Soldiers | Aleksandra Stokic | Sculpted larks surrounding the orange coloured rings representing the sunset glow | |
| 2016 | 50th anniversary of Decimal Currency | Horst Hahne | 2016 obverse design to celebrate the 50th anniversary of decimal currency | |
| 2017 | Anzac Day of 2017 | Tony Dean | Depiction of the Dome of the Australian War Memorial in Canberra | |
| 2017 | Remembrance Day of 2017 | Aleksandra Stokic | Inner circle containing Rosemary bloom, surrounded by circle of pad printed Rosemary leaves and flowers in Green and purple, further surrounded by "Remembrance" text intertwined with Rosemary leaves | |
| 2018 | Eternal Flame | Depiction of the Eternal flame in the Pool of Reflection | ||
| 2018 | Invictus Games 2018 | Side view of Invictus Athlete in sporting wheelchair | ||
| 2018 | Remembrance-Armistice | Denomination above, a Poppy placed in the middle zero of the number 100 in centre, commemorated event below | ||
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games Australian Team 2018 | Emblem of the Australian Olympic team and their blue, green and gold colours |
Non-circulation collector coins
The coloured version of the 2012 coin was first distributed in limited mintage through RSLs, to go along with their traditional red poppy appeal to celebrate the 2012 Remembrance Day. The same coin is also being sold with a 'C' mintmark through the official numismatic program as a collector coin.| Year Issued | Commemorative Subject | Reverse Designer | Reverse Design | Mintage Figures |
| 2012 | Remembrance Day - Poppy Flower; Colourised | Aaron Baggio | Coloured red poppy centre on microtext background, with 'C' mintmark | not yet allocated |
| 2013 | 60th Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II | Aleksandra Stokic | St Edward's Crown surrounded by purple coloured royalty stripes, with 'C' mintmark | not yet allocated |
| 2014 | Remembrance Day - Dove | Dove and olive branch in coloured green concentric circles, with 'C' mintmark | 40,000 |
1 dollar coin
Not all years have issues for circulation with 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 2012 only in mintpacks. Issue 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 are the only issue with the Kangaroo portrait, however, the 2007 $1 with the kangaroo was also minted, but only for mint sets. Some uncirculated coins have the mintmarks for Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra and were issues for the show periods.Circulation releases
Non-circulation collector coins
50 cent coin
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25 cent coin
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20 cent coin
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| Year Issued | Commemorative subject | Reverse designer | Reverse design | Mintage Figures |
| 2007 | Year of the Surf Lifesaver | Tony Dean | Unknown | |
| 2008 | International Polar Year | Unknown | ||
| 2008 | International Year of Planet Earth | Unknown | ||
| 2009 | International Year of Astronomy | Unknown | ||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Fromelles | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Rats of Tobruk | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Darwin Bombing | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Bomber Command | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Thai-Burma Railway | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Korean War | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Peacekeeping | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Special Forces | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Dogs at War | |||
| 2016 | ANZAC to Afghanistan - Afghanistan |