By arts editor Helen Musa

The Royal Australian Mint is commemorating one of the nation’s most familiar military traditions with a new coloured $2 coin honouring The Last Post.

The 2026 design depicts a bugler playing before a war memorial at sundown, with radiating musical notes representing the sound of the bugle and musical rests symbolising the silence that follows. The coloured centre print features dusky orange and deep purple tones. The inscription The Last Post: Remembrance completes the design, with the ‘C’ mint mark appearing on select editions.

Royal Australian Mint CEO Emily Martin said the coin offered Australians a meaningful way to reflect on the service and sacrifice of those who had served the country.

The commemorative coin will be available in two collectible formats, a $2 C Mintmark Coloured Uncirculated Coin and a $2 C Mintmark Coloured Silver Proof Coin.

It will also enter general circulation through banks, giving Australians the chance to find the special design in their everyday change.

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