Colorful 2$ coins

robbiegal · June 22, 2016, 05:53:23 PM

well that FB page that I go to often has big plastic coated lots of the new issue coins for sale by much the same sellers regularly

get ém quick
cheap at 3 times the price and so on

Fulvio · June 22, 2016, 07:49:53 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='91254' dateline='1466583402'Think about who might have access to them.

Its no secret that certain Armaguard staff take coins out and sell them. Not that they steal them, of course. But they do swap them and make a very nice bonus out of it.

trout · June 22, 2016, 08:02:02 PM

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='91260' dateline='1466590793'
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='91254' dateline='1466583402'Think about who might have access to them.

Its no secret that certain Armaguard staff take coins out and sell them. Not that they steal them, of course. But they do swap them and make a very nice bonus out of it.

I wonder if that option is also available to RAM employees :angel:

Fulvio · June 22, 2016, 11:08:18 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='91261' dateline='1466591522'I wonder if that option is also available to RAM employees :angel:

Most definitely not. Which is why they steal them instead. :/

ausjack · June 22, 2016, 11:53:46 PM

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='91216' dateline='1466548566'Armaguard don't care at all about what a coin is.

This is very true as it's amazing how many foreign coins you find in pretty much everything except 50 cent but you still find the odd kiwi and figi in there too but the one's that really annoy me are the $1 & 2 where you get a yanky 1/4 as a $1 or 5 cent or an asia coin worth less than 5 cents for a $2 coin and don't worry the banks are just as bad giving you bags that are either short or have foreign coins in them and that's why I only get coins from anz as theirs seem to be a hell of a lot better than the rest and the comm bank is by far the worst and they're the only one's here that want to charge you to noodle where the others don't and nab you don't even need an account and they'll happily change money for you but other places might not have banks that are as good.

Fulvio · June 22, 2016, 11:56:37 PM

Quote from: 'ausjack' pid='91268' dateline='1466605426'bags that are either short or have foreign coins

I've never had any trouble getting them to wear the shortfalls. I remember one UNC sack that was short EIGHT $2 coins. They replaced them.

ausjack · June 23, 2016, 12:02:05 AM

Not so lucky up here

They don't make mistakes.

well not that they'd admit to anyway.

SULLA · June 25, 2016, 02:59:56 PM

Quote from: 'Fulvio' pid='91260' dateline='1466590793'
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='91254' dateline='1466583402'Think about who might have access to them.

Its no secret that certain Armaguard staff take coins out and sell them. Not that they steal them, of course. But they do swap them and make a very nice bonus out of it.

F why is it you continually besmirch others; make claims and do not provide any evidence of your claims?

Also re the Coronation release - Two friends and I collected around 10,000 Coronation coins between us here in Melbourne (north, north west, west suburbs). Sacks (holding 40 X 25 coin bags) of the coins were availabe at Westpac and NAB branches.

Re an earlier comment why the ORANGE is more prevalent than the RED is because the RED celebrated 100 years of ANZAC and the release received unprecendented coverage on radio, TV etc. My local banks even had signs stating "WE DO NOT HAVE THE RED TWO DOLLAR COIN SO PLEASE DO NOT ASK!"

JeffH · June 25, 2016, 04:56:18 PM

Sounds like you were very lucky (and also very industrious) with obtaining the Coronation coins. I would really have liked to have been able to obtain a bag from the bank.
My local banks never had a one (I certainly asked) -I can't provide any evidence for that but I suppose I could borrow a video camera and interview the managers and post the video here to keep you happy with my claim. I do not believe that the staff snaffled them all and just claimed they didn't get any. At the bank I usually frequent the staff know me well and would, I am sure, have reserved a bag for me.

I did see photos of such "we do not have..." signs posted online and also claims that banks in Sydney were rationing them. I am happy to accept peopless claims that that was the case without hard evidence.

I am happy for Fulvio to make his claims and decide how I take them (generally I believe he is accurate although I do not always agree with him). If I want to dispute something he says then I need to make (politely) a very good counter-case because, knowing the man, his statements will be well founded.

trout · June 25, 2016, 05:38:42 PM

QuoteI am happy for Fulvio to make his claims and decide how I take them (generally I believe he is accurate although I do not always agree with him). If I want to dispute something he says then I need to make (politely) a very good counter-case because, knowing the man, his statements will be well founded.

:agreed:
Love him or Hate him Fulvio is Not prone to BS'ing.
Personally I Like the Bloke because he shoots from the hip and tells it as he see's it :good:
Also he is always willing to share his bank windfalls fairly with other collectors without "Profiteering" like some so called "collectors" are prone to :angel:

Fulvio · June 25, 2016, 06:46:35 PM

Awww, jeez... enough with the love-in... you guys are giving me a big head.

Jeff, the bags were mixed. The mint seeded them so they had between 2 and 5 coronations each. Which sucked.. I still have thousands of standard designs if you want some.

What you need is the green Chubb/Proseguo rolls. Those are 100% coronations.

As for the Armaguard staff, I have friends in the trade who buy from them.

Regarding the relative prevalence of Red/Orange, I can't comment, having failed to acquire either. In fact, I've now given up noodling entirely as a result of this fiasco.