2 Dollars - Elizabeth II 4th Portrait - XXI Commonwealth Games - Team Logo

The 2018 Commonwealth Games, held on the Gold Coast, were the first in history to feature equal numbers of men's and women's medal events — a deliberate policy decision by the Commonwealth Games Federation. The Royal Australian Mint issued a coloured circulation series to mark the occasion, with pad printing applied directly to the coin's surface rather than enamel inlay, keeping production costs low enough to justify true circulating release. Most ended up pulled from change and pocketed immediately, meaning genuinely circulated examples are harder to find than the mintage figures suggest.