{"product_id":"2026-50c-first-television-broadcast-70th-anniversary-coloured-uncirculated-coin","title":"2026 50c First Television Broadcast 70th Anniversary Coloured Uncirculated Coin","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeventy years of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralian \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etelevision, \u003cstrong\u003emarked \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein colour \u003c\/strong\u003eon a 50c \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecoin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBroadcasting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebegan at 7pm on 16 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeptember 1956, when \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBruce Gyngell looked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003einto a camera and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewelcomed the country \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto television. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMelbourne Olympics \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewere weeks away, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich was rather the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoint.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhite gave way to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecolour in 1975, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith it came \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCountdown, and later \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeighbours, Play \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSchool and Four \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCorners, shows that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eshaped what the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecountry talked about. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSatellite and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eregional broadcasting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecarried the signal to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecommunities that had \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeen beyond reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2026 50c First Television Broadcast 70th Anniversary Coloured Uncirculated Coin is available in Australia from Direct Coins - leading \u003cstrong\u003eauthorised distributor \u003c\/strong\u003efor the Royal Australian Mint since 2012.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Australian Mint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55269269340479,"sku":"RAM12074","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/7527\/4047\/files\/2026-50c-first-television-broadcast-70th-anniversary-coloured-uncirculated-coin-1450337.jpg?v=1789142350","url":"https:\/\/directcoins.com.au\/products\/2026-50c-first-television-broadcast-70th-anniversary-coloured-uncirculated-coin","provider":"Direct Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}