Royal Australian Mint

Royal Australian Mint
General information
Location	Deakin, Australian Capital Territory
Opened	22 February 1965
Owner	Australian Government
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Ure
Architecture firm	Department of Works
Main contractor	Civil and Civic E. S. Clementson Pty Ltd
Website
https://www.ramint.gov.au/

The Royal Australian Mint is the national mint of Australia, and the primary production facility for the country’s circulating coins. The mint is a Commonwealth Government entity operating within the portfolio of the Treasury, and is situated in the Australian capital city of Canberra, in the suburb of Deakin. The current facility was opened in 1965 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Before the opening of the Australian Mint, Australian coins were struck at the Sydney Mint, Melbourne Mint and Perth Mint. As such, the Royal Australian Mint was the first mint in Australia to be independent of the British Royal Mint, in the United Kingdom, which was a British government entity. (Of the three older Australian mints, only Perth Mint has remained; it was a subsidiary of the UK Royal Mint until 1970.)