A female worked dressed in a blue uniform and wearing gloves is about to pick up a gold coin from the centre of a coin press that has been struck with a kangaroo design/

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Coining Press Room

Look through the windows along the Minting Gallery into the Coining Press Room of Australia's oldest working mint.

Watch our modern coining presses in action. Look closely and you may see how the coin blanks are struck two times in quick succession. This multiple striking process produces higher quality pieces with sharper, more defined designs.