Can you crack it: Limited-edition 50 cent coin released by Australia's secret intelligence agency contains a hidden code
My answer to the code:
The Mint is owning up to the most irritating & pointless coin format Australia has ever produced.
Craig1 said
09:11 AM Sep 2, 2022
They have just bought shares in Magnifying Glass Company
86GTS said
09:18 AM Sep 2, 2022
I'd rather save my remaining brain cells for a more important pursuit.
landy said
02:48 PM Sep 2, 2022
86GTS wrote:
I'd rather save my remaining brain cells for a more important pursuit.
Me too GTS.
Possum3 said
08:45 PM Sep 2, 2022
Apparently the spooks are using this as an entrance exam for a new recruitment drive - The genii down in Canberra often come up with some daft idea's but this one is really out in left field.
rgren2 said
06:07 AM Sep 3, 2022
A 14 year old Tasmanian boy cracked it first, maybe he used both his heads.
Whenarewethere said
07:21 AM Sep 3, 2022
Just another aspect of this coin's total design failure.
It's more irritating than rubber triangles as a currency.
Apparently the spooks are using this as an entrance exam for a new recruitment drive - The genii down in Canberra often come up with some daft idea's but this one is really out in left field.
Apparently the spooks are using this as an entrance exam for a new recruitment drive - The genii down in Canberra often come up with some daft idea's but this one is really out in left field.
I notice that the allowable birth years for the submission form are 1920-2012. Does that mean that the ASD is hiring 10+ year-olds with a cut-off at 102? Hmm, I tried to input 2012 but 2010 was the limit.
If you're an ASD cryptographer and you fail the test, will you be asked to leave?
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 3rd of September 2022 11:53:18 AM
Mike Harding said
11:47 AM Sep 3, 2022
rgren2 wrote:
A 14 year old Tasmanian boy cracked it first
Damn! I was going to tackle it then remembered my sock drawer urgently needed reorganising.
Plain Truth said
11:52 AM Sep 3, 2022
Mike Harding wrote:
rgren2 wrote:
A 14 year old Tasmanian boy cracked it first
Damn! I was going to tackle it then remembered my sock drawer urgently needed reorganising.
Might be easy to try and crack the code.
Mike Harding said
12:55 PM Sep 3, 2022
Plain Truth wrote:
Mike Harding wrote:
rgren2 wrote:
A 14 year old Tasmanian boy cracked it first
Damn! I was going to tackle it then remembered my sock drawer urgently needed reorganising.
Might be easy to try and crack the code.
No, you're thinking of my underwear drawer and you're right... separating and organising all those leopard skin garments is a nightmare!
the rocket said
08:19 PM Sep 4, 2022
86GTS wrote:
I'd rather save my remaining brain cells for a more important pursuit.
me to. No point wasting whats left. Strop is busy; he is watching paint dry
dorian said
05:05 AM Sep 5, 2022
I know very little about cryptography, and I confess that I'm getting nowhere, but those dots underneath the characters on the heads side of the coin appear to be a 4-bit binary code. I suspect that the hexadecimal digits on the obverse side might be a crypto key which unlocks the two rows of cipher text. Perhaps it's some kind of one-time pad cipher? These were popular during wartime and the cold war.
Whenarewethere said
08:33 AM Sep 5, 2022
The code is how to fix up the 13 problems with the coin. The 12 sides & its size!
1966 issue:
dorian said
05:25 AM Sep 6, 2022
How to solve the Australian Signals Directorate 75th anniversary 50 cent coin:
Can you crack it: Limited-edition 50 cent coin released by Australia's secret intelligence agency contains a hidden code
My answer to the code:
The Mint is owning up to the most irritating & pointless coin format Australia has ever produced.
Me too GTS.
Just another aspect of this coin's total design failure.
It's more irritating than rubber triangles as a currency.
More detail if you need/want it ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-01/act-spy-agency-releases-coin-with-secret-code/101391964
https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ff4e774ea9a75dcd75033b79cb677fa8 (obverse)
https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/ea0f60bd75671c59f3b973e14c108958 (reverse)
Yep, they are hiring. Lol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-02/asd-50-cent-code-cracked-by-14yo-tasmanian-boy/101401978
https://youtu.be/Lodj3ZT4tOU
From my lifetime of experience there are infinitely more difficult challenges than this.
He obviously doesn't have a girlfriend yet!
Submit your answers here:
https://www.asd.gov.au/75th-anniversary/events/commemorative-coin-challenge#no-back
I notice that the allowable birth years for the submission form are 1920-2012. Does that mean that the ASD is hiring 10+ year-olds with a cut-off at 102? Hmm, I tried to input 2012 but 2010 was the limit.
If you're an ASD cryptographer and you fail the test, will you be asked to leave?
-- Edited by dorian on Saturday 3rd of September 2022 11:53:18 AM
Damn! I was going to tackle it then remembered my sock drawer urgently needed reorganising.
Might be easy to try and crack the code.
No, you're thinking of my underwear drawer and you're right... separating and organising all those leopard skin garments is a nightmare!
me to. No point wasting whats left. Strop is busy; he is watching paint dry
The code is how to fix up the 13 problems with the coin. The 12 sides & its size!
1966 issue:
How to solve the Australian Signals Directorate 75th anniversary 50 cent coin:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/how-to-solve-spy-australian-signals-directorate-50-cent-coin/101405266