The Royal Australian Mint Honors AC/DC With Commemorative Coins


Australia, the homeland of music legends AC/DC is honoring the greats with two commemorative coins to honor 45 years in rock and all their accomplishments. the Australian government with a new collection of coins 30,000, 50c coins have been made available, but 10 of them are variants. Cooler still, The Royal Australian Mint in conjunction with The Questacon National Science And Technology Centre to mark 10 of those coins with 3,500,000 volts of artificial lightning using a Tesla coil in what turned out to be a High Voltage experiment. Those ten coins will go out at random to buyers. The coins come in a collectors case, shaped like a guitar amplifier, fitting of the band synonymous with countless amazing riffs. Continue reading