2013 Purple 2 Dollar Coins Available in Bags of Five

markn · June 21, 2013, 09:59:23 AM

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

trout · June 21, 2013, 10:20:15 AM

Cheers Mark
Just ordered my 5 coins $18 all up :yahoo:

jozk123 · June 21, 2013, 12:27:21 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='18829' dateline='1371775815'Cheers Mark
Just ordered my 5 coins $18 all up :yahoo:

Ditto

b_j_w_79 · June 21, 2013, 12:36:37 PM

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:

runway · July 05, 2013, 11:39:55 PM

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 ??

czark · July 06, 2013, 12:29:01 AM

Thanks Mark. I'll be ordering a bag asap!

Nevol · July 06, 2013, 07:05:35 AM

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.

stevo1962 · July 06, 2013, 08:57:51 AM

Mine arrived yesterday and they are also well bagged and only one of them doesn't have deep contact marks

robbiegal · July 06, 2013, 09:18:15 AM

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

JeffH · July 06, 2013, 09:28:12 AM

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.

MobOfRoos · July 06, 2013, 11:30:27 AM

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.

Fulvio · July 06, 2013, 12:06:31 PM

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...

JeffH · July 06, 2013, 01:22:20 PM

Now, be fair -I think they have already just entered the 20th millennium.

purplepennyhunter · July 09, 2013, 02:16:27 PM

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.

Fulvio · July 09, 2013, 02:53:47 PM

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.