Andrew Lancaster, Director, Sydney

Description

This video shows the historic and modern creation of the Krugerrand gold coin. Archival-style black and white footage reveals the original coin die being cleaned with a brush, followed by an old machine stamping a blank to create the coin. Text on-screen states, "50 years ago. A global icon was born". The video then cuts to modern scenes of workers in a factory wearing protective gear opening a vault door and handling gold bars. The bars are melted in a furnace, and the molten gold is poured into molds. The video transitions back to black and white, culminating in a close-up of the Krugerrand gold coin.