Australians have developed some nifty inventions over the years, some of which have been adopted across the world. Celebrating our innovation and creativity, this collection features five of Australia’s best-known inventions.
The six $1 coins each include an invention:
- the Stump Jump Plough
- Jaffle Maker
- coloured Black Box Flight Recorder
- uncoloured Black Box Flight Recorder
- Baby Safety Sapsule
- WLAN Technology
The $2 coin showcases all inventions surrounding a lightbulb with Australia in it, and ‘Australian Inventions’ text.
The black box flight recorder, pioneered to improve aviation safety, now helps investigators everywhere. The stump jump plough transformed farming on tough terrain, while the humble jaffle maker brought sealed-toast perfection to kitchens. Safety innovations like the baby safety capsule protect young lives on roads, and WLAN technology underpins modern wireless communication.
newsXpress and The Royal Australian Mint present the 2026 Bright Ideas $1 and $2 Privy Mark Seven-Coin Collection, celebrating five Australian inventions that changed the world.
The collection celebrates five of Australia's best-known inventions: the stump jump plough, patented by Richard Smith in 1876; the black box flight recorder, invented by Dr David Warren in 1953; the jaffle maker, first invented by Dr Ernest Smithers in 1949 and reimagined by Breville in 1974; the Safe-n-Sound Baby Safety Capsule, invented by Bill Bowtell, Bob Heath and Colin Nagel; and high-speed WLAN technology, developed in the 1990s by CSIRO.
The collection includes seven coins featuring a light bulb privy mark, presented in a keepsake box with seven coin card slots inside. Limited to a mintage of 15,000.
This set includes the $2 till coin on a card as well as a colour version of the Black Box Flight Recorder coin, on a card.
