2016 Australian Olympic Team Coin Program and partnership with Woolworths

[trout]

Oh, and the woolies where I lost the cash is going to check their surveillance footage and see what happened. Won't get me my money back, but at least it will stop me stressing about not remembering.

Maybe one of the woollies people  has found it and has put it in the till.
When they check the tills at the end of the day it should show up.
You never know your luck Mate :ok:

[trout]

No worries Mate.
On the bright side though , I doubt that you will have any problems getting a baggie of the yellow coins from that store tomorrow :good:

[Fulvio]

I doubt that you will have any problems getting a baggie of the yellow coins from that store tomorrow :good:

Especially since the girl told me the boss said to get rid of them all. They've been handing out bags.

[Goldseeker]

Deleted By The Author.   Problem taken care of.

[AussieSilver]

All was good at Woolies today swapped 10 oldies for 10 newies without any problems they look orange to me not yellow . RAM folders arrived as well might just be able to make one good set out of the folders i received , had a couple of double ups so i opened them to see obverse not as bad as Woolies but most of them had small dings .

[trout]

I picked up 8 yellow and 2 blacks

[Goldseeker]

Wife and I were able to get nine yellow coins today.

Now to try and get a bag of them.

[Fulvio]

Now to try and get a bag of them.

Easiest way is to carry the loose coins with you, and when you've got 25 (or possibly nearly 25, depending on the store), ask to swap for a bag. Some will give you grief, but most are fine, once you explain about fingerprints destroying coins.

Oh, and if they give you grief about having to buy something, just grab a bunch of something worth less than a dollar (Soda Water, fruit, chocky, whatever), and put them through one per transaction. That's perfectly acceptable no matter what policies they're applying, and most will wake up that its quicker and easier to just give you what you wanted in the first place. :angel:

[Goldseeker]

I realize that Fulvio.

The coins were got on several separate transactions of one banana each transaction and by handing over a five dollar note.

At least I would get one coloured coin most times two.

[trout]

I have ordered a few of the 5 coin sets from the RAM shop and they will be the source of (Hopefully) the better coins to add to my $2 album.
The ones I have been getting from the tills are certainly NOT pristine But they are a real novelty for Me as it is highly unusual to get newly released coins where I live.
With the 8 coins that I picked up today I have more than enough for my needs so I won't bother getting any more until the new colour is available.
I may be missing something But as they are not  Canberra Florins I can't see the point of having hundreds of each of the different coloured $2 coins :angel:

[robbiegal]

just sent the hubby down to get bread mix and toot paper (**giggle)
hopefully he will come home with 4 yellows  (coins that is)

we'll see  
i keep telling him to ask for bags

i hate shopping so he is my one and only reconnaissance guy and anyways, i enjoy them so much more when he gets them, as he gets a real kick out  of being so clever

although the daughter did send out a request to her mothers' group - no success so far
bet they pocketed the coloured coins for their little babies who totally need them ha ha

i was outside the woolies smokes counter that other day gas-bagging to our old landlord (while hubby bought food inside the store) and then i remembered and went over and asked the girl nicely - i got 5 coloured coins (4 reds and a black) - the hubby and I share them fairly evenly , sort of , well maybe ...... :yahoo:

[trout]

the hubby and I share them fairly evenly , sort of , well maybe ......  

He probably hasn't got the heart to tell you about those "Extra" coins in his back pocket when he returns from the shop :angel:

[Triggersmob]

Just got back from my late night visit to Woolies. Picked up 13 yellow and 3 red. No purchase, just asked nicely at the service and smiled.
While standing there waiting for the lady to count out the coins, I'm checking out the see through donation box. Saw a nice 2001 ACT CoF 20c,
but couldn't get my hands on it.

[interest]

These Yellow coins are very Orange, & if you look at them under a glass you will see tiny Red dots on top of the Yellow, in fact if you look at any of the coloured coins you will see this same screen (dots).

[Fulvio]

I can't see the point of having hundreds of each of the different coloured $2 coins

There are several points, actually.

1. Relatively low mintage. Most will be totally destroyed, so in coming years they'll be hard to come by. Of the 100,000 bags of each, 99% will be gone.

2. You're not going to get a decent coin out of a pack. They're just as bad as the bagged ones. So it comes down to probability. MNore examples equals greater chance of a good one.

3. Errors are a possibility. Imagine if we had sacks of UNC mules to pick and choose from, instead of all of them being stuffed.

4. You never know what the future will bring. The day I accidentally scored my sack of poppies (while I was unsuccessfully seeking coronations), I never dreamed the prices they'd now be fetching. Not that I'm about to dump any, but its still nice to know there's a house deposit just sitting there if the need arises.

As I've always said, you can't go wrong getting anything at face value. Sure, this is a lot harder work that previous issues, but then again, they're not going to sit at the back of an Armaguard depot for three years before being distributed.