The 2025 $1 The Big Rocking Horse - Aussie Big Things 2 Coin In Card is a whimsical galloper from the Royal Australian Mint, trotting into the second series of the Aussie Big Things lineup to celebrate Australia's equine eccentricity and roadside revelry. Tucked into a playful purple card holder that swings with rocking horse vibes—featuring a die-cut window revealing the steed mid-sway—this uncirculated $1 aluminium bronze coin rocks a reverse design alive with childhood wonder: the colossal Big Rocking Horse rears up beside a curving road in Gumeracha, complete with a truck and whimsical road signs under a sunny sky. The obverse nods to King Charles III, grounding it in legal tender tradition. Galloping toward release on September 24, 2025, this coin-in-card charmer is a saddle-up essential for collectors, fusing gleaming numismatics with the giddy nostalgia of "Big Things" that have rocked road trips since the 1960s, turning pit stops into playgrounds.

Striding 18 meters (60 feet) tall and weighing a hefty 25 tonnes on a steel frame, The Big Rocking Horse was unveiled in 1981 in the leafy Adelaide Hills town of Gumeracha, South Australia—after eight months of construction costing $100,000—designed by David McIntosh as the crown jewel of Wal Wilkinson's 1973 wooden toy factory to lure families off the Adelaide-Melbourne highway. This fiberglass filly, once the world's largest (and still a record-breaker in spirit), invites climbers up three levels via internal stairs to a viewing platform at its "head," where panoramic vistas of vineyards and valleys await, plus a certificate of conquest for the brave; below, the Toy Factory brims with handcrafted delights, a café slinging Devonshire teas, and exhibits tracing the site's quirky past—including its WWII-era roots as a family farm aiding the war effort. Recently refreshed in 2024 with a fresh coat of paint after 43 years, it endures as a free-entry icon, drawing dreamers for photos, pony rides on mini replicas, and a nostalgic neigh that echoes Gumeracha's toy-making legacy on Ngadjuri and Kaurna lands.