How Coins Are Made at the Royal Australian Mint

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  • Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
  • I look at how Australia's coins are manufactured at the Royal Australian Mint.
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Комментарии • 73

  • @CatsMeowPaw
    @CatsMeowPaw Год назад +8

    When I went to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington DC a few years ago they had a sign hanging above one of the printing presses: "Free samples. Tomorrow only"
    I thought that was nice 😉

  • @ianvallender7892
    @ianvallender7892 Год назад +5

    Interesting Dave here in the UK 🇬🇧 we've had our first King Charles 50p coin being the memorial 50pence so I'm surprised Australia 🇦🇺 hasn't caught up.

  • @SeanBZA
    @SeanBZA Год назад +9

    2 barrels then you refurbish the die set. As they are not proof minor wear is tolerated, as the coins will wear in service anyway, but they do last a much longer time than notes, so there likely are still old original press coins around.
    Fun thing is the old brass and nickel coins are actually worth more as scrap metal than as coinage, so there were a few "enterprising" types who would melt them down for scrap metal, though they were eventually found out, and probably still are a "guest" in the grey bar hotel, for destruction of mint property.

    • @costerth
      @costerth Год назад

      This^^^

    • @SeanBZA
      @SeanBZA Год назад

      @@costerth The mint by me does a big part of their business in doing Euro cents, which is why you find so many country coins are the same diameter and thickness, because they all use the same metal blanks as source.

  • @mikemike7001
    @mikemike7001 Год назад +5

    But those designs sure are beautiful.

  • @graeme8755
    @graeme8755 Год назад +1

    Dave at the 15 minute of your RUclips mark the machine is a grinder. Where the work is held down the table slides side ways to the operator (up and down to us). Similar to the pink wheel at the rear of the machine (very soft wheel).

  • @ThePowerGeek
    @ThePowerGeek Год назад +1

    Hi Dave! As a numismatic nerd myself, I know how much non-collectors' eyes quickly glaze over when you talk about your collection. That being said, I'd love to see some of your favorites, especially those Aussie bucks!

  • @TheCod3r
    @TheCod3r Год назад +1

    Dave seems to have the key to the city at this point lol

  • @alansmith4734
    @alansmith4734 Год назад +3

    Australia makes plastic banknotes*!
    * Australian banknotes are printed on polymer, a type of plastic, and they have a distinctive feel. Polymer banknotes were developed to make our currency more difficult to counterfeit. The polymer makes it possible to include a range of security features on our banknotes.

    • @EEVblog
      @EEVblog Год назад +5

      Ok ChatGPT

    • @zebo-the-fat
      @zebo-the-fat Год назад

      Same in the UK

    • @Fanta....
      @Fanta.... Год назад +1

      @@zebo-the-fat Australia's been doing polymer since 1987 ;)

  • @neil2402
    @neil2402 Год назад +4

    They also make coins for some pacific countries that can't justify having a mint.

  • @matteopascoli
    @matteopascoli Год назад +2

    Can’t wait to see the dumpster dive video you made there after the visit! 😂

  • @donwald3436
    @donwald3436 Год назад +1

    This is a great Satisfactory build! lol

  • @gregalss
    @gregalss Год назад +1

    Ive Been There

  • @LogiForce86
    @LogiForce86 Год назад

    I have to say... beautiful coins have you, they be precious.

  • @briancox2721
    @briancox2721 Год назад +1

    Money printer go brrrrr...

  • @landspide
    @landspide Год назад

    I thought this involved hashing large numbers with zeros in front of them

  • @mikebarushok5361
    @mikebarushok5361 Год назад +1

    If you want to show off your coin collection I'd be interested. But be careful not to reveal anything about where they're stored and don't show much of anything unless you make very clear they're stored elsewhere, like at a Bank vault.

  • @tgfcujhb7583
    @tgfcujhb7583 Год назад

    Show us the money 😁👍👍

  • @mikemike7001
    @mikemike7001 Год назад +1

    Hm. I haven't paid for anything with coins (or cash for that matter) in years. If it's not online, it's plastic. Do Aussies actually carry coins and cash?

    • @joeambly6807
      @joeambly6807 Год назад +1

      That's the most European thing I've ever heard

    • @mikemike7001
      @mikemike7001 Год назад

      @@joeambly6807 American in my case.

  • @floodo1
    @floodo1 Год назад

    I do appreciate the art and aesthetics of coins, but we really need to stop using them for cash purposes. Vestige of a bygone era imo (-8

  • @mickeyfilmer5551
    @mickeyfilmer5551 Год назад +5

    I have one of the Charles &Diana Crowns, that was Mis-Stamped, I sent it to the Royal Mint in Llantrisant South Wales, And received a nice letter from a Professor who authenticated the coin for me and explained how it became Mis-Stamped, and should not have got past Quality control, -he also said it was the first one he had seen, other than two more from the QC at the mint. I have no Idea of it's value or if there are any more out there, Would love to see your collection.

  • @LawrenceTimme
    @LawrenceTimme Год назад

    Money printer go brrrrrr

    • @bobbydazzler6990
      @bobbydazzler6990 Год назад

      Ahh, the 12-years-olds have stopped by to leave a comment. 🙄🙄🙄

  • @stuartmcconnachie
    @stuartmcconnachie Год назад +3

    …and here’s a discarded die set I found in the dumpster earlier. ;)

  • @expertmax32
    @expertmax32 Год назад +5

    I love this kind of content, thanks for sharing !!

  • @KeritechElectronics
    @KeritechElectronics Год назад +4

    Making some real hard Aussiebucks! :D
    Interesting video; it's so nice of them to show the process. Here in Poland such facility would be locked down tighter than Ethel Granger's laces.
    Forging coins as a way into official minting career... Same thing we've seen with cybersecurity, eh?

  • @michaelslee4336
    @michaelslee4336 Год назад +4

    My claim to fame, during my fitting and machining apprenticeship I want to trades school with an apprentice from a precious metal stamping company in Melbourne that knocked out the coin blanks for the mint, amongst many other things.
    He used to say walking out at the end of a sunny day workers’ clothes would be and nice and glittery. (and his boss used to vacuum up all the slivers, shavings and swarf when a run of expensive metal was complete)

    • @dglcomputers1498
      @dglcomputers1498 Год назад +1

      No surprised you'd end up all glittery, I get glittery enough just cutting keys at work.

    • @michaelslee4336
      @michaelslee4336 Год назад +2

      @@dglcomputers1498
      Ha ha. Yep glittery with precious metals. Just added 50 bucks to the price of your jumper.

  • @yaganabulama775
    @yaganabulama775 Год назад +7

    MOST rich people stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without stopping then most poor people stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich but impressing them

    • @alimichelle6662
      @alimichelle6662 Год назад

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  • @bertblankenstein3738
    @bertblankenstein3738 Год назад +2

    I think I'll get a set of fancy King Charles coins when they become available in Canuckistan.

  • @borayurt66
    @borayurt66 Год назад +1

    Over here in Turkiye, the largest coin in circulation is the 1 Turkish Lira. It is worth 0.042 US$ as of today. Fun fact; the government actually loses money on every coin pressed because the cost of material (an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc) + production of each coin exceeds its monetary value.

  • @FranLab
    @FranLab Год назад

    Mmmmmmm.... Minty!

  • @heathwellsNZ
    @heathwellsNZ Год назад +1

    Wow, this video is really on the money!

  • @TheStevenWhiting
    @TheStevenWhiting Год назад +1

    Being automated I assume makes it a lot more difficult to rob. As you then have no insider or anyone you can hold hostage to get access. Like they did in the UK in the 80s.

    • @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse
      @Arachnoid_of_the_underverse Год назад

      That said, they could reprogram the system to load some finished product onto a wagon without booking it out. Just a different type of theft these days I guess.

  • @ssl3546
    @ssl3546 Год назад +4

    shorter: how dollary-doos are made

  • @Tomek1001
    @Tomek1001 Год назад

    How the mint in Poland works:
    ruclips.net/video/rT8eoBir52E/видео.html&ab_channel=FabrykiwPolsce

  • @kaynef6637
    @kaynef6637 9 месяцев назад

    The mint has hardly changed in the last 38 years

  • @deadmanwalking6342
    @deadmanwalking6342 Год назад

    Soon WEF CBDC's in a virtual pocket near you and you will eat bugz and will be happy........or else.

  • @grhinson
    @grhinson Год назад +1

    Are they called planchets in Australia? Someone probably knows...

    • @michaelslee4336
      @michaelslee4336 Год назад

      Yep, I know what that word means…………I just googled it. 👍

    • @grhinson
      @grhinson Год назад

      @@michaelslee4336 yes but depending on the region they call things differently...

    • @michaelslee4336
      @michaelslee4336 Год назад

      @@grhinson
      I know Cate Planchett. 😄

  • @teenee4
    @teenee4 Год назад +2

    🤚 where's bitcoin made?

    • @teenee4
      @teenee4 Год назад +1

      My oldest Aussie coin 1916

    • @shazam6274
      @shazam6274 Год назад

      In the dreams of Unicorns!

    • @teenee4
      @teenee4 Год назад

      @shazam6274 by unicorns 🦄 is that code for Uniswap? There's a crypto application that will make you a millionaire in the future using Uniswap. Swapping ETH for ... 🤑

  • @McTroyd
    @McTroyd Год назад

    120-ton press. Geez. Not gonna do that with my hardware store press. 😅

  • @smadge1
    @smadge1 Год назад

    I spent an hour watching a robot pour barrels of $2 coins into a packaging machine. It was so mesmerising,

  • @HomelabExtreme
    @HomelabExtreme Год назад

    "only" lasts 2 barrels - i was actually surprised it did last this long, even more so when it is steel dies and not tungsten.

  • @montanaeaglescout
    @montanaeaglescout Год назад

    Thank you for bringing us along and narrating 🥂

  • @James-wb1iq
    @James-wb1iq Год назад

    I want to break in there and plant a Scrooge McDuck.

  • @serpent213
    @serpent213 Год назад

    Please tell us about the minting of CBDCs as well!

  • @gabest4
    @gabest4 Год назад

    What is the secret ingredient?

  • @michaelfaraday4243
    @michaelfaraday4243 Год назад

    lol, Penny, Pence, and Florin.

  • @ChrisW2024
    @ChrisW2024 Год назад

    in new zealand we don't have 5cent coins anymore

  • @raywelshman
    @raywelshman Год назад

    Hi Dave, thanks for the interesting look at the Australian Mint, it's a pity about the unruly children in the background.
    For your info as a man with a Welsh surname. the UK mint is in Llantrisant South Wales and not in England any more.
    Regards From Ray in North Wales.

  • @johnnychang4233
    @johnnychang4233 Год назад

    How much it's cost to mint a one dollar Australian coin?

  • @WacKEDmaN
    @WacKEDmaN Год назад +1

    cool stuff Dave!..thanks for the look..id never seen inside the Mint before..

  • @mce_AU
    @mce_AU Год назад

    Coins? What are Coins?

  • @hallcrash
    @hallcrash Год назад

    How can I like this a fiat amount of times?

  • @tinowildenhain2324
    @tinowildenhain2324 Год назад

    Quite dirty floor for a mint :-) Also using weight units for force makes my skin crawl a bit ;)

    • @bobbydazzler6990
      @bobbydazzler6990 Год назад +1

      Don't be cringey. Presses are normally rated in tons or tonnes.

    • @costerth
      @costerth Год назад +1

      The floor in the coining hall is a heritage listed parquetry from Tasmanian oak