Coloured $2 Circulating Coin (CLOSED)

[ausjack]

you mean the bloke on the horse with the sparklers, think that's something like how it went..I loved it when I heard that..think it might have been AC

[robbiegal]

trout hates it too

something about naked fellas

whereas, well, I have no issue with that!!

I think that the horse is spectacular

[Fulvio]

I think people are "obsessing" about this coin :ok:

Blame the mint and Armaguard for the terrible way they're distributing them. If everybody who wanted them could get them easily and at face value, there would be no obsession.

Frankly, I find the standard 2013 $2 errors FAR more interesting. In comparison, the coronations are just sloppy. Sure, I want them, but they're not very good, and neither are the errors, which apart from the one pink one we know about are all just die fills.. which also are a mark of poor workmanship.

As for wanting lots of them, it boils down to a belief that they will be very rare in good condition. In much the same way I put away sacks of 2001 state coins (also sloppily made), I intend putting away any of these I can get my hands on.

[robbiegal]

i'm not complaining
I have hundreds of pennies
so I understand the affliction err collecting habit

[runway]

What is the fuss the Royal Australian Mint sells the coloured 2013 $2 coins ,5 for $18 I doubt I will find a single coloured $2 elsewhere except ebay

[robbiegal]

I tried the ANZ here today
they said to go the mint to buy some!!
and that they hadn't seen any what so ever but have had a few people ask about them

What is the fuss the Royal Australian Mint sells the coloured 2013 $2 coins ,5 for $18 I doubt I will find a single coloured $2 elsewhere except ebay

actually isn't not that bad a price
as they sell the $1 mint your own for $3 (*giggle)
so $15 for $5 coins versus $18 for $10 worth of coins!!

[runway]

I agree robbiegal
The 5 $2 coins are at Mint shop but we cannot buy these we have to fill in a form to debit $18 from cc it is $10 face value for coins and $8 postage

[Fulvio]

The 5 $2 coins are at Mint shop but we cannot buy these we have to fill in a form to debit $18 from cc it is $10 face value for coins and $8 postage

Fools couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery.

[robbiegal]

maybe
but somebody is laughing all the way to bank
and it ain't me

[cracker]

Finely found one yesterday been looking all week. The other half had a envelop full of coins from fund raising for day care scored the 2012 poppy as well.  Also got a good score of $1 coins.  Hope to get to the bank this week the two westpacs near me have had lines out the door since internet banking went down midweek.

[SULLA]

Those beautiful Coronation coins are still out there numismatists /  numismatologists !

Best bet is your local bank on armoured car delivery day.
Best bank for me has been Westpac.

[Unicorn]

That pile is getting BIGGA ......... (who's postcode happens to be 2583) ....

[Nikolce92]

I have 6 of these little ones and as i was searching for these ones i found 2 poppy coins:)

[runway]

Well done to everyone who finds any of the commemorative $2

[SULLA]

Coronation coins are still out there but the Armaguard security bags are now containing fewer Coronation coins,
mixed in with the new 2013 generic $2 coins.

Previously average per bag was about 4.5 coins; average now is about 2.0 coins per bag.

If it was not for finding them in security bags it is almost hard to believe that this coin actually exists.
Still not seeing any in change. Local shops reported seeing one or two a week ago, but nothing over past week.

Strange that they have disappeared so quickly?