First Coin of 2024 is Out of This World

The Royal Australian Mint (RAM) has collaborated with the Australian Space Agency to mint the world’s first coin of 2024, which pays homage to the country’s space exploration history. Titled ‘Out of this World – Australia in Space’, the coin’s theme ‘showcase[s] the incredible discoveries [Australian] astrophysicist[s] are making in what is known as the final frontier or deep space’.

Visitors were invited to the Mint at 7am on the 1 January, with 300 people trying their luck to make national and international history and strike the first coin of 2024. The first 100 coins minted received an official certificate of authentication, with the first name drawn from the barrel – 12 year old Izzy Zaharis – winning the chance to help press the very first coin of the year.