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A new, limited edition coin will be released today, marking the 75th anniversary of Australia's national foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency - the ASD ...

If you can crack the code on this 50c piece, you might have what it takes to join one of Australia's most secretive intelligence agencies.

The coin won't enter circulation, meaning you are unlikely to be handed it as change at the supermarket. "If you love puzzles and solving problems, and if you can discover the messages on our 75th anniversary coin, then a career at ASD may be just what you're looking for." "This exciting coin release challenges Australians to engage with the sorts of problem-solving that our talented people at ASD do every day, and might even be a pointer to a new career with us for those who can crack it," ASD Director-General Rachel Noble said.

Do you think you could make a good spy? The Australian Mint will put your skills to the ultimate test. This 50 cent coin that is covered in secret code has ...

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Four layers of code cover limited edition 50 cent coin released for 75th anniversary of Australian cybersecurity agency.

It combines codes thousands of years old through to modern binary code invented during the age of computing. These were then re-encoded and sent out to allies, letting them know where Japanese war fighters were. When broken, the code contains special messages about the ASD and its historical evolution as an organisation in Australia dating back to the second world war.

A new 50 cent coin, released by the Royal Australian Mint today, celebrates the importance of code breaking and evolution of signals intelligence - and if ...

"Ensuring people could see the code to decrypt it was one of the challenges our people were able to solve with ASD, to create a unique and special product." ASD's cryptographic experts collaborated with the Royal Australian Mint to help design the coin, which has four unique layers of code that - if broken - contain a special message. A new 50 cent coin, released by the Royal Australian Mint today, celebrates the importance of code breaking and evolution of signals intelligence - and if you can work out what is written on the coin, the Australian cyber-spy agency wants to hear from you.

Aussie intelligence agency, the ASD, has released a batch of limited edition 50-cent coins to commemorate its 75th anniversary. Each has a code to crack.

Correct answers will be revealed at the end of the month, the ASD said. The coin, designed in collaboration with [@RoyalAustMint]will be a keepsake for years to come. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) wants you to crack a secret code hidden in plain sight on a 50-cent coin. [#75YearsOfASDHistory], today we are excited to unveil a limited edition 50c commemorative coin. In tribute to the importance of code breaking and the evolution of signals intelligence, multiple layers of cryptographic code have been included in the design of the coin. It’s the intelligence agency’s way of sussing out the code-breaking skills of a bunch of Aussies, and a fun way to commemorate its 75th anniversary.

In cooperation with the Australian Signals Directorate, the Royal Australian Mint today released a special 50c coin with multiple codes included. Acco...

Of possibly some interest, we see that there are two digits ( 5 & 7) that occur as outer pale and inner dark representations. Here we see six of the uppercase letters (A T H A S A) each with a braille letter beneath (C B F A E D). “In tribute to the importance of code breaking and evolution of signals intelligence, multiple layers of cryptographic code have been included in the design of the coin. Perhaps this means that there are two codes intermingled. The obverse side of the coin (aka ‘heads’) appears to be the starting point. Fifty thousand coins have been produced and are available for purchase by coin collectors and the Australian public.