Isn't that a catchy title?!! It's the tagline on the tourist brochure for the Royal Australian Mint and I think no visit to Canberra would be complete without a visit to The Mint. How's this for a staircase? Go on, take a closer look...... Can you see the coins? On closer inspection, you can see that the risers are completely filled with 5c coins! Now, take another look at the whole staircase. Notice how all the coins are tumbling down from the top of the staircase to fill the risers from the bottom up. How neat is that! The staircase leads to the viewing gallery where you can watch the coins being made and learn all about the coin making process. The first part of the process is really low tech and it occurred to me that it is similar to how I'd produce a design in my own studio. It starts out with an artist who sketches the design on paper and then carves it into a plaster disk the size of a plate. This is painstakingly refined until the design is perfected. No......
