Royal Australian Mint · 2026
Bright Ideas
Australian inventions that changed the world, from the black box flight recorder and the baby safety capsule to the jaffle maker and the stump-jump plough.
Collect the $1 coins in a folder, the $2 proof, the privy mark seven-coin collection or the complete bundle.
Australian inventions that changed the world, on $1 and $2 coins from the Royal Australian Mint.
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