Treasury & financeAgencyExists today
Royal Australian Mint
RAM
22 February 1965 – present
Australia's national mint, which designs and produces all Australian circulating coins as well as collector and commemorative coins, medals and coins for other countries.
How it came into existence
Opened in Canberra on 22 February 1965 as part of the Treasury to produce the new decimal coinage; it was the first mint in Australia not operated as a branch of the British Royal Mint, whose Sydney, Melbourne and Perth branches had struck Australia's earlier coins.
- Supply of Commonwealth coinage
Changes during its life
- 1 July 2005Became a prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, separate from the Department of the Treasury for financial management purposes.
Main functions
- Production of Australian circulating coins
- Production of collector and commemorative coins
- Production of coins and medals for other countries
- Coin design
- Public visitor and education programs
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of the Treasury.
- Type of body
- Non-corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Treasury
- Accountable authority
- Chief Executive Officer – Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 schedule 1 item 20(c)
- ABN
- 45 852 104 259
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))