Coloured $2 Circulating Coin (CLOSED)

[trout]

Did someone Mention MacQuarie Airports Corporation?

Not another MAC :angel:

[Fulvio]

Did someone Mention MacQuarie Airports Corporation?

Heheh... its amazing just how many pies Bastards Inc have their sticky fingers in. The evidence is overwhelming.

Not another MAC :angel:

Shush, you. Before I slap you around a bit with a wet trout.

[SULLA]

Re the Coronation coin.  

I am seeing a number of UNC coins with the purple enamel missing in places or may have come off!  Is anyone else seeing this?
The Mint's exclusive colouring proces may be somewhat flawed.

I say that this coin is the most beautiful coin the Mint has ever produced for general circulation, and will no doubt pick up an award or two.

Also the 2013 generic $2 coins are certainly the "brightest" I have seen.
Almost appear to have been polished extra well before release.

Four low mintage $2 coins to add to your collection.

1.  2011 (generic) - 1.8 million?
2.  2012 (generic) - 1.8 million?
3.  2012 Poppy which I believe has been re-issued. Mintage much greater than the minimum 5 million?
4.  Coronation - 2 million

Now have one gross of Coronations and hope to add to that total this week.
Don't think they'll be around much longer as they seem to disappear
once they are handed out in change.

The only ones I am finding are straight from Security Co baggies.

Happy noodling!

Sulla
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[Fulvio]

The Mint's exclusive colouring proces may be somewhat flawed.

:shock: Imagine that.. :dodgy:

I'd take all mintage figures with a grain of salt till October.

[Mister T]

They aren't perfect. I think one of my mine had a speck of paint or two in the field.

[czark]

Received my very first one in change today. Great start to the week.

[SULLA]

1003 Coronation coins in my collection! All UNC+

WOOHOO!

[Fulvio]

1003 Coronation coins in my collection! All UNC+

Ooooh.. a full sack? Not mixed with standards? Where did they show up?

[SULLA]

Most were collected since Tuesday (over the past two days)  in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

A lot of work; as some banks get the new coins and other branches within the same bank do not!
Just happened upon two branches that get the new coins. (Although I travelled across to South Melbourne
without any luck!)

Each time a 1000 coin bag (40 baggies) was purchased and yielded between 53 and 220 Coronation coins in each 1000 coin bag. The last two lots (today) both yielded around 160 Coronations each.

They are out there. Just need to get the local knowledge and talk to the friendly bank staff.

[Fulvio]

Each time a 1000 coin bag (40 baggies) was purchased and yielded between 53 and 220 Coronation coins in each 1000 coin bag. The last two lots (today) both yielded around 160 Coronations each.

Ahhh.. Phew.. the 10% theory still holds then. Maybe they built a bagging machine with two chutes to drop a couple in every bag of standards? Would they actually bother to do that I wonder?? Until someone finds a full bag, that's the only theory I can think of.

[runway]

Can just anyone walk into a bank and request 1000 coin bags?

[Fulvio]

Can just anyone walk into a bank and request 1000 coin bags?

Not a Thousand, no. They don't carry $50,000 in stock. Anything over $5,000 needs advance warning.

But you can pretty easily get one sack of 40 bags (1,000 $2 coins = $2,000) at a time from most branches. Certainly the bigger ones in shopping centres. You want a branch that consumes rather than generates coin. Most suburban branches, especially near schools, generate lots and lots of coin, so you'll never see an Armaguard bag, let alone a full sack. And that means no new coins.

On the flip side, when there's nothing new in the wind, these branches are good for NCLT stolen and/or dumped into circulation. Things like round 50¢, $200 gold coins, paper notes and the like turn up more often in these places.
Oh, and you need to be a customer, or they will charge you fees.

[trout]

Can just anyone walk into a bank and request 1000 coin bags?

Not a Thousand, no. They don't carry $50,000 in stock. Anything over $5,000 needs advance warning.

But you can pretty easily get one sack of 40 bags (1,000 $2 coins = $2,000) at a time from most branches. Certainly the bigger ones in shopping centres. You want a branch that consumes rather than generates coin. Most suburban branches, especially near schools, generate lots and lots of coin, so you'll never see an Armaguard bag, let alone a full sack. And that means no new coins.

On the flip side, when there's nothing new in the wind, these branches are good for NCLT stolen and/or dumped into circulation. Things like round 50¢, $200 gold coins, paper notes and the like turn up more often in these places.

Oh, and you need to be a customer, or they will charge you fees.

Bugger :dash1: I should move to a bigger town but I love the seclusion and security where I am :angel:

[Fulvio]

I should move to a bigger town but I love the seclusion and security where I am

Then y'got two choices....

Either bite the bullet and order a large enough quantity that they'll have to bring it in...

...or...

Do a deal with somebody better positioned to either pick it up on your behalf, or perhaps even pre-noodle to get rid of the junk.

A sack of $2 is a whisker over 6.6Kg. You don't really want to be shipping it unnecessarily. I'd typically retain about 10%, apart from lucky finds like the poppies. So to get a sack of keepers, you'd be wading through 66Kg of coins and rejecting most. And the ratio holds for other denominations of course.

Its doable, because as they say, with perseverance and a jar of vaseline, anything is possible... :dodgy:

[trout]

Its doable, because as they say, with perseverance and a jar of vaseline, anything is possible

You may be cross talking on a different site with that quote old mate :laugh2: