Opinion

Inside the Royal Australian Mint: how making coins and notes earns billions, and why it's at risk

Peter Martin
September 21 2022 - 6:00am
The Mint makes a remarkable 120 million to 140 million coins per year. Picture: Karleen Minney
The Mint makes a remarkable 120 million to 140 million coins per year. Picture: Karleen Minney

Briefly, in the days after the death of the Queen, we were afforded a glimpse into the machine that makes Australia's money.

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Peter Martin

Peter Martin

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Peter Martin is the business and economy editor of the Conversation and a visiting fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He is a former economics editor of The Canberra Times.