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Seven Coins. Seven Locomotives. One Place to Find Them All.

If you've been following the Steam Giants series, you know what's in it. Seven locomotives — one from each state, plus the Commonwealth Railways — each on a 50c coloured uncirculated coin from the ...

A Coin With Deep Roots: Perth Mint's 2026 Quarter Sovereign Marks a Royal Centenary

The Perth Mint opened in 1899 as a branch of Britain's Royal Mint. Its original purpose was straightforward — strike sovereigns from Western Australian gold. Over the next three decades, more than ...

350 Coins. One Troy Ounce. John Mercanti's Wedge-Tailed Eagle in Ultra-High Relief Gold

The wedge-tailed eagle is Australia's largest bird of prey. A wingspan of up to 2.8 metres. Thermal currents carrying it above 2,000 metres. That distinctive wedge-shaped tail visible from a long w...

The Shark-Nosed Governor: South Australia's 520 Class and the Coin That Does It Justice

No. 520 was named after a Governor who loved railways enough to have a large-scale model railway installed at his own property. The South Australian Railways returned the gesture by putting his nam...

The Upside Down on a Coin: Perth Mint's Stranger Things Hawkins 2026 Release

Stranger Things first aired in July 2016. Ten years on, it still holds a strange grip on people. The show earned over 70 awards, including Emmys and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and its fanbase nev...

Still Running: 6029 Is the Largest Operating Steam Locomotive in Australia

Every other locomotive in this series is preserved. Displayed behind a fence or under a roof. 6029 still hauls trains. AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029 is the largest operating steam locomotive in Aus...

Heavy Harry: The Biggest Steam Locomotive Ever Built in Australia Couldn't Cross Its Own Bridges

The nickname came naturally: Heavy Harry. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from the Royal Australian Mint's Steam Giants – Australian Rail Heritage collection features H220. It's part of a ...

The Only One Left: G1 and the Trans-Australian Express

G1 is the sole surviving standard gauge locomotive of the Commonwealth Railways. Every other one is gone. That's a short sentence with a lot behind it. This 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Coin from...

Almost Scrapped: The Tasmanian Q5 That Was Saved Just in Time

Q5 came close to being cut up for scrap in the 1960s. The Tasmanian Transport Museum — still new at the time, short on resources, working against a deadline — moved to save it. They got it out. Tha...

End of the Line: V1220 Pulled the Last WAGR Steam Service — Now It's on a Coin

Some locomotives retire quietly. V1220 didn't. It hauled the very last Western Australian Government Railways steam service in 1972, handed over to diesel, and never ran again. That's a finish wort...