Designing Currency

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2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Decimal Currency, designed by Australian industrial designer Stuart Devlin and minted here in Canberra at the Royal Australian Mint. To mark the year, the Mint presents an in-conversation event with coin designers Neve Foxcroft and Lydia Ashe.

We unpack the craft and process behind designing a coin, sometimes beginning as a pencil sketch, often still using the tools Devlin employed in his own designs, and incorporating modern technologies. Coins produced at the Royal Australian Mint connect design and storytelling with community, and we talk about how we use design and brand to share Australian stories. We talk about the collaborative nature of our production facility, and the design of our production processes for safety and sustainability. This talk commences at 10am in our Museum Gallery, overlooking our coin production hall.