In a not very well publicised release the RAM has decided to make the new circulating purple $2 coin available in bags of five for collectors. The main catch is you can only ring to purchase them, no buying online via the RAM eSHOP. You can read more about it here:
2013 Purple $2 Coins Available in Bags of 5 (http://www.australian-threepence.com/blog/2013/06/2013-purple-2-dollar-coin-available-in-bags-of-five.html)
Cheers Mark
Just ordered my 5 coins $18 all up :yahoo:
Quote from: 'trout' pid='18829' dateline='1371775815'Cheers Mark
Just ordered my 5 coins $18 all up :yahoo:
Ditto
If they only had a lower postage option. $10 for $10 is great. The $8 (or $12) postage is not so great! Would have been nice if they did 10 coins ($20) (i.e. limit of 2 bags rather than 1) plus postage or something along those lines. Still a nice gesture from the mint (I know I'm being picky) and I'm happy to have mine ordered :yahoo:
a dear friend of mine told me she went to the mint last week they had bags of 5 on display but they said not for sale she had to order ??
Thanks Mark. I'll be ordering a bag asap!
For anyone else yet to order theirs, don't bother with Registered Mail, go for the $8 Receipted Delivery option. Might as well save yourself $4.
Mine arrived on Thursday, quality leaves quite a lot to be desired. One is really chopped up, the Obv looks like it's had a round or two with a meat cleaver.
Mine arrived yesterday and they are also well bagged and only one of them doesn't have deep contact marks
I had a closer look last night and 3 out if the five have big marks
I thought that i'd found big die chips
but noooo
I have three bags and another two to come. After your comments I am not game to have a close look at them.
First impression is that they are a little underwhelming. From the pictures I expected the purple to look more obvious.
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='20545' dateline='1373068692'First impression is that they are a little underwhelming. From the pictures I expected the purple to look more obvious.
I think they have ben designed with the purple at the bottom of a groove so that it wont wear off. The colour should last longer than the Canadian ones did.
I got my mint pack of 5. One of them is very baggy but the other 4 are ok. It is a mystery to me why we had to ring up to order them. Surely it would have been easier for everyone to be able to order them on line. This is the 21st century after all.
Quote from: 'MobOfRoos' pid='20555' dateline='1373076027'This is the 21st century after all.
Heh. We're still dragging the mint, kicking and screaming, into the 19th... ;)
Now, be fair -I think they have already just entered the 20th millennium.
Got my bag of 5 today. They've been bagged up just like Armaguard bags in RAM wrappers but the condition is very poor. They have many bagmarks and black tone spots already.
Quote from: 'purplepennyhunter' pid='20796' dateline='1373345187'They have many bagmarks and black tone spots already.
Yup. No special care whatsoever was taken.
One thing I've been considering to stop further degradation...
A friend of mine found a cheap commercial vacuum pump on ebay many years ago, and attached a hypodermic needle on the end of some plastic tubing. He seals up delicate electronics, inserts the needle, sucks the air out, then tapes over the tiny hole.
With these bags, that would stop both the coins moving around and bagging further, and any aerobic chemical reactions. Just a thought.
Are we sure the bag is coin friendly material?
Agreed with above comments. Mine arrived today and a little surprised at lack of care in packaging.
Quote from: 'coxspau' pid='20804' dateline='1373350867'Are we sure the bag is coin friendly material?
Polyethylene is safe. Both LDPE (coin bags, ziplocks etc) and HDPE (milk bottles and such).
By the way, the difference in LDPE films really comes down to mechanical properties, not chemical ones. If the film is stretched during manufacture for example, the molecules align so it exhibits traits such as the way Armaguard bags tear easily in one direction but not the other. Pretty versatile stuff. ;)
Quote from: 'coxspau' pid='20804' dateline='1373350867'Are we sure the bag is coin friendly material?
Agreed with above comments. Mine arrived today and a little surprised at lack of care in packaging.
Perhaps the mint got packaging tips from this seller .....
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/florins-and-shillings-/200941830346? (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/florins-and-shillings-/200941830346?)
Mine arrived today, are we keeping them in the bag.?
I ripped mine out and put them in saflips as they will beat each other
up if left in the bag and it wont be pretty
Think I will do the same- Ta.!
Quote from: 'Robster' pid='20901' dateline='1373433483'Think I will do the same- Ta.!
Correct me if I'm wrong but I cant see the bag adding any value
I think I got the coins that they practiced on- even I can colour inside the lines'!! :dodgy:
Quote from: 'stevo1962' pid='20905' dateline='1373434950'Correct me if I'm wrong but I cant see the bag adding any value
The way I look at it, we paid an 80% premium to get these, and the
only thing differentiating them
is the bag. If I set them free, they will be no different to the Armaguard bagged ones we're now seeing, without the premium.
My bags don't move, and the coins don't knock each other about. They're chemically safe, they're mechanically safe, and I can jailbreak them at
any time in the future if that becomes desirable.
What I
can't do is put them back in the bags if that turns out to be the way to go. So in the bags they stay, at least for now.
I am really looking forward to what happens with this coin, today I got my first purples in change got 3 of them and they were all banked they were so banged up and some had gouges out of them, the rims had deep cuts and gashes, the coins in circulation are going to get smashed up real quick.
I'm keeping mine in the bag, hey they can't get any worse! The baggie says Royal Australian Mint on it:P
I'm leaving mine bagged for now, but will probably set them free if/when I get some that are in better condition. I know as soon as they are removed from the RAM bag, they're only worth $2 each.
Quote from: 'Nevol' pid='20998' dateline='1373501811'I'm leaving mine bagged for now, but will probably set them free if/when I get some that are in better condition. I know as soon as they are removed from the RAM bag, they're only worth $2 each.
Plus, the circulating ones are in better condition. My bags are definitely not getting busted open.
Why on earth would you buggers leave these in the dodgy plastic baggie from the mint ?
PVC or not the little sods will bash against each other every time you move them :ok:
get them out of the baggies and 2x2 them, at least that way you buggers can flog em on ebay for $8-$10 each
Quote from: 'trout' pid='21083' dateline='1373551546'Why on earth would you buggers leave these in the dodgy plastic baggie from the mint ?
PVC or not the little sods will bash against each other every time you move them :ok:
get them out of the baggies and 2x2 them, at least that way you buggers can flog em on ebay for $8-$10 each
Because they don't bash anything if you don't move them. And there's no need to flog 'em on ebay if you can flog ones from circulation instead.
If I had a heat sealer I would do what Matty does and separate them in the baggie :good:
As I don't have one then into 2x2's they go :)
Quote from: 'trout' pid='21105' dateline='1373590056'If I had a heat sealer
So buy one. They're not dear.
A friend of mine seen these on display at the mintshop but couldn't buy them and had to fill in a form with payment details that is crook it cost 8 dollars for postage when he should have been able to pay the 10 dollars for 5 coins
Quote from: 'runway' pid='21363' dateline='1373718138'...should have been able to pay the 10 dollars for 5 coins
Absolutely. The whole thing was
very poorly executed.
I finally went down to the mint this morning and collected by internet buys
the lady giggled when I said my name as they have been there for a few months
anyways, they had the packs of 5 on display in the counter but with a form that you have to fill in for post
something tells me they may end up with a lot left over
I just might have to try and get some more tomorrow.......
I asked at the bank any new coloured coronation they said no.So i got a sealed bag from the bank 4 coloured coronation the rest normal 2013