00:00New Year's Day is more like Christmas for keen coin collectors.
00:07We got here at I think it was quarter to three.
00:11Hoping to get their hands on one of the first 100 coins of 2026.
00:16We have the opportunity to be the world leaders and we strike the first coin in the world on 1 January.
00:24Minting that very first coin of the year in the world would be really cool.
00:28Yeah and to get the certificate to go with it, number one. Everyone wants number one right?
00:33In the end it was up to chance.
00:36The first coin is 1047.
00:42The privilege going to an eight-year-old Melbourne boy.
00:46Press the green button and that's the first coin for the year.
00:50He only found out about the draw yesterday during a holiday trip to the Mint.
00:55He convinced us to wake up early in the morning to try for the first coin this morning and he happened to win it.
01:00What will you do with it now?
01:02Keep it in the box.
01:04Why is that?
01:05So I don't lose it.
01:06This year's coin marks 60 years of decimal currency in Australia.
01:11It incorporates the animals used in the original designs, making it an extra special get for collectors across the country.
01:20Ninety-nine others also took home freshly minted coins, each with a certificate of authenticity.
01:26The Tucker family managed to snag three in the ballot draw.
01:30They come here most years so it is rather special and it's good to spend it with my boy for the first time.
01:34I'll naturally have them for years and end up giving them all to him one day.
01:37A cash gift with added sentiment.
01:44Oh, this is special.
01:46I am pleased when you have these threeisst Instagram stories and all the characters were found out of my book.
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01:54showing our限界 where they have earned that amount.
01:57Wait what are the most points you have for,
01:59The many things that you have shown up is a board member toий past ask.
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