{"id":772511,"date":"2026-07-01T17:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772511\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T17:16:43","slug":"new-limited-edition-2-coin-to-be-rolled-out-for-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772511\/","title":{"rendered":"New limited-edition $2 coin to be rolled out for Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Australian Mint is releasing a series of new, limited-edition coins to coincide with the Commonwealth Games, and they\u2019ll be released to the public \u2013 at least in part \u2013 in an unconventional way.<\/p>\n<p>Three different $2 designs will be rolled out from July 15, with unique illustrations celebrating the dedication of Australian athletes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Limited-edition $2 coins for the Commonwealth Games.\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_1.217%2C$multiply_1%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_71%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/c_scale%2Cw_620%2Cq_88%2Cf_auto\/35451964fdcd6dc66406fecc4e4864777eaac64f12b523c23904ae49d92c8dd2\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Limited-edition $2 coins have been released for the Commonwealth Games.\u00a0Royal Australian Mint<\/p>\n<p>The first coin will be released from Wednesday, July 15 and will feature a gymnastics design.<\/p>\n<p>The second coin will highlight the 3&#215;3 wheelchair basketball and will be available from Wednesday, July 22.<\/p>\n<p>The third coin will feature a design to celebrate athletics and can be found from Wednesday, July 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coins celebrated the Commonwealth Games as one of the world\u2019s largest international multi-sport events and recognised the achievements of our athletes,\u201d Royal Australian Mint chief executive officer Emily Martin said.<\/p>\n<p>The coins will be available to buy directly from the Mint for $20, but Woolworths shoppers who pay with cash in July will also have the opportunity to find the new coins in their change.<\/p>\n<p>Woolworths has previously teamed up with the Royal Australian Mint to release other commemorative coins to celebrate Australian icons.<\/p>\n<p>This includes designs featuring the Matildas, Vegemite, The Wiggles as well as previous Olympic and Commonwealth Games editions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Australian Mint is releasing a series of new, limited-edition coins to coincide with the Commonwealth Games,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-772511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}