Issued to mark Australian athlete support for the Paris 2024 Games, this coin belongs to a broader Royal Australian Mint release program that included multiple slogans and sport-specific designs under the "Allez Aus" campaign — the phrase borrowed from French encouragement, adapted as an Australianism for the occasion. The pad-printing process, applied over the struck aluminium bronze blank, is a relatively recent addition to the RAM's circulating commemorative toolkit and remains susceptible to wear far faster than the substrate beneath it.
Issued to mark Australian athlete support for the Paris 2024 Games, this coin belongs to a broader Royal Australian Mint release program that included multiple slogans and sport-specific designs under the "Allez Aus" campaign — the phrase borrowed from French encouragement, adapted as an Australianism for the occasion. The pad-printing process, applied over the struck aluminium bronze blank, is a relatively recent addition to the RAM's circulating commemorative toolkit and remains susceptible to wear far faster than the substrate beneath it.