Explore the giants of Australia’s steam heritage with this exciting 2025 50c Coloured Uncirculated Seven-Coin Set from the Royal Australian Mint.

The collection gathers together seven of the largest steam locomotives to run in Australia and tells the dramatic story of progress that led to railways across the country racing to build bigger and more powerful machines. From enormous freight haulers to prestigious express engines, the collection includes a representative for each state and the Commonwealth Railways.

Each coin depicts one of these impressive locomotives in shallow relief, accurately miniaturising its complex features in intricate detail. The colour print reflects the locomotive’s livery and evokes the excitement of standing trackside and experiencing a flash of colour, heat, noise, and steam as it rushes past hauling its train. The seven steam giant locomotives celebrated in the set are:

• Queensland Railways Beyer-Garratt No. 1009
• New South Wales Government Railways AD60 Class Beyer-Garratt 6029
• Victorian Railways H Class H220 ‘Heavy Harry’
• Tasmanian Government Railways Q Class Q5
• South Australian Railways 520 Class No. 520 ‘Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey’
• Western Australian Government Railways V Class V1220
• The Commonwealth Railways G Class G1
  

All seven coins are displayed in a beautiful folder as a record of these incredible locomotives and their role in Australia’s dramatic rail history. The folder also presents informative articles that examine the impact of these locomotives in detail and celebrate the work done to preserve and operate them today.