Coloured $2 Circulating Coin (CLOSED)

[SULLA]

1007 Coronation coins.

Not finding any (well - only 4 out of the 1007) in circulation. Coins have only been found in Security baggies (Armaguard) from the banks.
There really should be a million or two out there in moneyland, but I suspect that as soon as shopper gets one, they put it aside.

I hear the story a lot that a "customer had one but did not want to pay with it."

All of a sudden everyone is a coin collector!

[JeffH]

Whoops! :-/

1007 Coronation coins.

Which monarch would that be?

[enworb]

I got my first one in change today. It was very banged up already. I spent it again it was that bad.

[Mister T]

All of a sudden everyone is a coin collector!

It's commemorative so it must be rare and valuable!

[runway]

What banks and retailers are best to find the new coins?
My bank CBA gets nothing new but Shell service station run by Coles sometimes surprises me

[dreamcatcher]

Is this coin sponsored by the gambling industry? It looks exactly like a casino chip.

[Fulvio]

What banks and retailers are best to find the new coins?

Ah, well, that's complicated.... There's a trick involved, y'see...

First, you need a bucket of chicken entrails. Then you need to find an Armaguard truck. Smear the chook guts on the windscreen. Quickly spin three times in a clockwise direction, face towards Mecca, point your right big toe towards the departing truck. Now draw a line on a map in that direction. Cross-reference all shops and banks along that line, and the third one from the right will be the one that has them.

But be quick about getting there, because they turn into bats at midnight and fly away, never to be seen again. :dodgy:

Alternatively, you could try new batteries in the old crystal ball... that worked last time. :yahoo:

[SULLA]

What banks and retailers are best to find the new coins?
My bank CBA gets nothing new but Shell service station run by Coles sometimes surprises me

Hi Runway, as with most forums there are clowns inspired by various subtances!!

My first 1000 $2 coin bag was from NAB. Subsequent coins were from Westpac. As for retailers etc, you really need to try and identify customers of the banks who take large amounts of coins.

Developing a "relationship" with the Banks and Retailers is very much to one's advantage.
 e.g. Last Sunday a local retailer and large bank customer rang me and  offered 30 coronation coins. By the time I got to the shop the number was 50 coronation coins. Why did this happen? Because I showed the person that coin and shared my enthusiasm for it. The person asked for my phone number and said they would call when they found some coins. Conversation was on the Sat and they called on the Sun. btw I have known this person for more than 15 years.

My first bag came from NAB. I was in the branch asking about new $2 coins and the teller said that they did not have any and said that when something does show up he would give me a call. Five days later (25/6) he called saying that he had new 2013 $2 coins. (At that time I did not know about the Coronation coin.) I was not interested in 2013 $2 coins but said I would take the lot because I thought that if I reject this bag, he will never call me again. It is when I collected the bag that I first saw thew Coronation coin. In that 1000 coin lot, there were 53 Coronation coins.

Re Westpac - I have been a customer for over 13 years and know the people in the branch, who all know I am a keen collector of coins.

About a year ago I was offered 46 1966 50 cent coins by my local branch. I took the lot for $26.

I carry a Coronation in a capsule every where I go. In every place where I exchange money for goods I ask if they have any of these and show the Capsuled Coronation.

[dreamcatcher]

46 x 1966 50 cent coins for essentially face value!! Wow what an incredible score!

[Fulvio]

...there are clowns inspired by various subtances!!

Yup, that be me.. but no substances, various or otherwise.

And seriously, there is absolutely NO way to predict where the darn things will show up, and when. The people who know will not tell you, under any circumstances. I've hit three adjacent banks a couple of hours after their deliveries came in, with completely different results. One of the three got ALL of the new coins, the others only got rubbish.

As for supermarkets and large retailers, they now have coin dispenses which spit out loose coin. Again, no way of knowing what's inside, and they will not pull coin out for you.

I was only half joking about the voodoo. It really is that dodgy nowadays.

[trout]

I was only half joking about the voodoo. It really is that dodgy nowadays.

:dash1: Now what am I supposed to do with all these damned Chickens :diablo::laugh2:

[Pedro]

Trout,

I could suggest you start selling eggs - might be a bit of an issue getting them to lay in winter but mightn't be as much of a problem where you are.

Pedro

[trout]

Trout,

I could suggest you start selling eggs - might be a bit of an issue getting them to lay in winter but mightn't be as much of a problem where you are.

Pedro

I was only mucking about, I don't have any Chooks.
There are far too many foxes around here to even contemplate running Chooks.
I average 3-4 foxes a year firing from my back veranda alone :ok:

[Pedro]

Ah, so we need to practice some voodoo on the foxes so that you can get some chickens

Pedro

[trout]

Ah, so we need to practice some voodoo on the foxes so that you can get some chickens

Pedro

These seem to do the job on Foxes :diablo: