Perth Mint medallions mark 40-year milestone of | Australian Markets

Susannah Carr and Rick Ardon’s world-best achievement presenting Channel 7 nightly news for 40 years undoubtedly deserves a medal.

And that’s what Perth Mint thought as effectively — marking the unbelievable achievement by printing of 1000 commemorative medallions, that includes their names and pictures.

“It was a surprise, because I don’t think we were expecting anything like this to commemorate the 40 years, but it’s fantastic,” Carr mentioned.

“There are only going to be 1000 and we know we’re going to be at Lakeside Joondalup and Cockburn Gateway and there’ll be a number of them given away at each place.

“It’ll be something that hopefully people want to collect and you’ve got a chance to get one when we go to those shopping areas.”

Ardon mentioned the medallion was additionally a good journey down reminiscence lane.

“It’s a really old photos (on the medallions) too which make me chuckle a little,” he mentioned.

“There have been so many photos over the years, you tend to forget what you used to look like.”

Carr and Ardon have been presenting Perth’s night news collectively because the twenty fourth of January 1985.

They’re the longest-serving tv news anchor duo on the planet — as recognised by Guinness World Data in 2022.

Perth Mint chief government officer Paul Graham anticipated the medallions to be highly-sought after.

“It’s iconic, it’s unique, there’ll never be another thing like it,” he mentioned.

“The mintages are very low, only 1000 will ever be made and for those lucky enough to get their hand on one, enjoy, it’ll be a keepsake.”

“It’s quite a fantastic and unique opportunity to be able to celebrate two iconic figures here in Western Australia who have endured success for over 40 years.”