2017-03-29 Wed

On 13th March, the first gold and silver GC2018 Queen’s Baton Relay coins of a series of Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) commemorative collectable coins, were released at the Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre. The coin features a Gold Coast on a Royal Australian Mint coin for the first time ever. Important delegates from the management of Commonwealth Games attended the function. The Queen’s Baton will start a 230,000km journey through the entire Commonwealth to reach the Games’ Opening Ceremony on 4th April 2018. Every year, a theme for Commonwealth Day is identified by The Queen who also monitors activities by Commonwealth organisations throughout the year.

This year’s theme, for Commonwealth Day which takes place yearly on the second Monday in March is - A Peace-building Commonwealth. The Queen also starts the celebration with an interdenominational service held in Westminster Abbey.