Anybody know what this refers to? It was posted on the RAM Facebook page. Maybe it's not NCLT.-John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU59OKCIe_8
haha a big WTF, there was other coin moulds that were on the site a few days ago, but also could be, the changeover of the queen design itself, go figure i will have a looksee, and poor choice of music
The coins resins will be used to make a fantastic sculpture which will be unveiled at the Mint on 27 June 2013.
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We all know the two coin releases will be this in NCLT Cu Ni
And Silver
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE2NVgxNjAw/z/WNoAAOxy0aBRoFEQ/$T2eC16NHJGIFFow-2f-7BRoFEPIbmg~~60_35.JPG?set_id=880000500F)
A new obverse you reckon AC?
http://www.colourfulchange.com.au/
-John
Hmm, but they don't make planchets at the RAM????
Haha I played it this morning, kiddie graphics! And I laughed, I think it's trying to be educational; anyway it has a countdown for info to be released on different days, so you know after the minting process the have the designing dies and stamping then colouring of the $2 coin. Not overly exciting if you are a coin collector and already know all this stuff, exciting to a 5yr old maybe, not me! Anyway should have spent an extra $5 in the budgeting department and done a nice YouTube clip of the final coin design rotating on a stand a giving a 360 view of it, instead of getting a student to do school diagram – patronising people does not work.
2013 $2 Copper Aluminium and Nickel Colour Printed Coin – 60th Anniversary of the Queen's Coronation
A central circle enclosing a stylised representation of St Edward's Crown. Surrounding the central circle there is a pattern of purple coloured stripes superimposed on 3 concentric circles. The design includes the inscriptions 'EIIR CORONATION', '60 YEARS' and 'TWO DOLLARS' as well as three representations of a dot.
2013 $2 Copper Aluminium and Nickel Colour Printed 'C' Mintmark Coin – 60th Anniversary of the Queen's Coronation
A central circle enclosing a stylised representation of St Edward's Crown. Surrounding the central circle there is a pattern of purple coloured stripes superimposed on 3 concentric circles. The design includes the inscriptions 'EIIR CORONATION', '60 YEARS' and 'TWO DOLLARS' as well as two representations of a dot. The design also includes the letter 'C', which denotes the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra.
Hurry up RAM and show us PLEASE................
Next clue in a little over hours.-John
had a quick play around and this little shocker is what came up, not my best work but maybe an idea of what it could look like
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Stage 3 is up.-John
yep the mintage is 2 million
Where is it displayed please. I have looked everywhere with no success. Can somebody put a link please.
Twas in an earlier post, itt: http://www.colourfulchange.com.au/
But what is the stage three that someone mentioned in an earlier post?
ill copy the text >>
1 creating blanks :
Did you know:
Australia's $1 and $2 coins might look gold, but they are both made out of the same metal alloy, which is 92% copper, 6% aluminium, and 2% nickel.
2 the titan :
Did you know:
Titan, the Mint robot, is getting busy with Australia's new coins! He's pouring them from a drum into a hopper, to get the coins ready to be counted!
Pay attention to the colours of the coin drums at the Mint, as each colour shows what coin they hold!
Blue = 5 cent
Purple = 10 cent
Green = 20 cent
Orange = 50 cent
Yellow = $1
Red = $2
What does this drum contain? pic shows 3 red drums!
3 the counter :
Before the design is struck onto the coin, the Mint needs to know how many coins are going to be made!
They go through a counting machine so the Mint knows just how many are getting sent out to the banks.
pic shows = 2,000,000 and the word (circulation)
if I have missed anything in the pics let me know... cant be bothered to pay that much attention to it
2,000,000 is a tiny mintage. Seems a bit of a shame. If theyre going to do something like this I think they should make it a decent mintage. At least 30 million to give everyone a chance of getting one. I would take a punt that 90% of people would keep such a coin, regardless of whether or not they were a coin collector.
Quote from: 'Goldseeker' pid='17763' dateline='1370951468'But what is the stage three that someone mentioned in an earlier post?
The RAM has been posting parts of the animation for several days, and they only posted the third part last night. Since the parts are continuous action, there is no break when looking at them now.-John
Ah, thanks John.
What is going to be only a mintage of 2 million?
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='17774' dateline='1370956216'2,000,000 is a tiny mintage. Seems a bit of a shame. If theyre going to do something like this I think they should make it a decent mintage. At least 30 million to give everyone a chance of getting one. I would take a punt that 90% of people would keep such a coin, regardless of whether or not they were a coin collector.
Yeah, not sure what such a low mintage will prove. There will probably be none left to inspect the effects of circulation.
2 Million of a new $1 coin. Am I correct?
$2 coin I believe.
Stage 4 is up!-John
stage 4
the press :
haha look at the little crowns on them, xx
Our coin is about to get its design struck onto it!
There are 13 presses for circulating coins at the Mint, which can each produce up to 750 coins per minute!
Did you know:
The Mint releases circulating coins with special designs to commemorate events/milestones that are important to the Australian community.
Only 2 million, that's disappointing but given the large mintages of previous years and that last year's commemorative $2 coin also had a mintage of 2 million (correct me if i'm wrong), i'm not surprised.
Does anyone know if these coins are hypermetallic like the 50c and 20c coins in the 2012 and 2013 coin sets respectively or pad printed?
pad printed like the $2 poppy coin
If anyone reading this is able to secure a couple, I wouldn't say no.
Quote from: 'kanjoe07' pid='18009' dateline='1371116129'Only 2 million, that's disappointing but given the large mintages of previous years and that last year's commemorative $2 coin also had a mintage of 2 million (correct me if i'm wrong), i'm not surprised.
I think it was minimum 5000000 but I don't think the numbers have been finalised yet.
Curiously the RAM lists them as a circulating coin on their website.
Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='18046' dateline='1371121387'Quote from: 'kanjoe07' pid='18009' dateline='1371116129'Only 2 million, that's disappointing but given the large mintages of previous years and that last year's commemorative $2 coin also had a mintage of 2 million (correct me if i'm wrong), i'm not surprised.
I think it was minimum 5000000 but I don't think the numbers have been finalised yet.
Curiously the RAM lists them as a circulating coin on their website.
Ah sweet, thanks for that! :D
No worries. I think we'll find out in November just how many ended up being made.
November? Why then? The anniversary was the other day...
I meant the Remembrance day $2. The annual report covering last year will come out in November won't it?
Yes thereabouts. I am wondering why they haven't released these purpular coins yet as we are past the anniversary.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='18183' dateline='1371204006'I am wondering why they haven't released these purpular coins yet as we are past the anniversary.
Do mints measure time only in years :sleepy: i.e. months, weeks and days are neither here nor there to a coin, or QEII for that matter. :scratch_one-s_head:
Yeah, it's strange. The Royal Wedding 20c pieces came out in a reasonably timely manner as I recall.
It might be a new process with problems along the way.-John
The Remebrance Day coloured $2 saga is still fresh in our minds. Remembrance Day had completely been and gone before the coins were even distributed, let the whole thing down I think.
Ah yes, I forgot about that. Still, did the currency determination with the new $2 only come out very recently?
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='18220' dateline='1371209698'The Remebrance Day coloured $2 saga is still fresh in our minds. Remembrance Day had completely been and gone before the coins were even distributed, let the whole thing down I think.
I think the way the RSL coin was distributed and packaged was a joke.
And now you see these coins popping up on fleabay in rolls.
:dash1:
T minus one hour!
Quote from: 'kanjoe07' pid='18427' dateline='1371430785'T minus one hour!
Yes it did appear in May's Currency Determination.
If you can't stand the wait this is the link:
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013L00799
Note there are 2 different reverses. One has the 3 dots and the other 2 dots and a "C" so it must be being released at some special event.
We're pretending we didn't see that.-John
Quote from: 'triplewitch' pid='18430' dateline='1371434076'We're pretending we didn't see that.-John
I thought that and did put in a warning but have now changed it to a link.
Ah. The 'C' mintmark is the collectable version of the circulation coin.-John
https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/New-Releases/0.aspx
https://eshop.ramint.gov.au/2013-Coronation-Coloured/310314.aspx
I guess this topic should really be moved to Australian Decimal Circulating Coins since it turns out not to be NCLT.-John
Here it is!
(http://i.imgur.com/OtPZFuN.jpg)
Will they be available for purchase before release at all
Nice design.
Looks like the RAM shop might have a lot of traffic. Ive been trying to load it and cant.
Fantastic design. I'll be on the lookout for bags now.
Downies and Eurocollections International are also selling it. They were up as soon as the last stage of the animation ended.-John
Thank you. I can't wait to get my first one in change
If you get one. Im really annoyed the mintage is only 2 million. I reckon that within a couple of weeks they'll all be gone.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='18183' dateline='1371204006'Yes thereabouts. I am wondering why they haven't released these purpular coins yet as we are past the anniversary.
I wonder if it's because in Britain, HM's 'official' Birthday was on Saturday. Possible?
It's not birthday related it's coronation related!
The coronation ceremony was 2nd June 1953 (almost a year after the accession).
So, like the remembrance $2, the RAM seems to be overshooting the actual date!
Now is the 2million figure the total? Or is there more for non circulation?
The 2 million is just for circulation -that's the non-mintmarked version.
The C mintmark version (both coloured) is available at unlimited, my guess is they'll mint to demand.
So this time, the coloured, non-mintmarked version will be put out for circulation, unlike last year where the RSL program occured?
Thank you very much
Quote from: 'dahongable' pid='18513' dateline='1371469885'So this time, the coloured, non-mintmarked version will be put out for circulation, unlike last year where the RSL program occured?
Yes, that's right.
It has been a big buildup, hopefully everybody get a chance to get a coin from circulation
My sister is in Melbourne and just went to Downies in Elizabeth Street and got me a couple of the C mintmark coins. Says they look great.
Quote from: 'enworb' pid='18567' dateline='1371536438'My sister is in Melbourne and just went to Downies in Elizabeth Street and got me a couple of the C mintmark coins. Says they look great.
Good one Matt ,I ordered a few from the RAM last night and they've posted them today
Thats very quick postage. The reason i didnt buy from the RAM was because i didnt want to wait but it sounds like it wouldnt have mattered.
I went into Melbourne today and got my two "C" carded coins today from Downies. The issue looks good.
Nice coin I havn't seen the last year 2 dollar comemoritive yet in circulation
Yell out if you'd like one of those poppies mate :)