You might get a sweet surprise the next time you're buying milk, with a limited edition set of Australian coins to display designs for kids.
Indigenous artist David Hardy has given a new First Nations spin to the $2 dollar coin, which will depict an Aboriginal baby looking up at a Southern Cross mobile.
Mr Hardy is an acclaimed illustrator who has spent a significant portion of his career working for Walt Disney Studios. He said he was "honoured" to design the coin as part of the Royal Australian Mint's series.
"I had never designed a coin before," he said.
"[I took] inspiration from the existing $2 coin design. I wanted to create a baby version with cute characterstics.
“I illustrated a rough concept... in a similar layout to the original coin which shows an Aboriginal Elder looking up at the stars of the Southern Cross."
This illustration with which we're all familiar is inspired by a depiction of Walpiri-Anmatyerre man Gwoya Jungarai (Tjungarrayi), originally drawn by Ainslie Roberts.
Tjungarrayi was one of the few survivors of one of the last recognised massacres of Aboriginal people by the British, the 1928 Coniston massacre in central Australia.
However the illustration on the $2 coin is ‘not intended’ to depict any person in particular, according to the Royal Mint's website.
The new design of Mr Hardy's will join others made with kids in mind, including cuddly toy versions of the emu and kangaroo of the fifty cent piece.
The Barkindji man is also an author and illustrator of children's books, including a collaboration with Adam Goodes on his book, "Somebody's Land".
