2016 Australian Olympic Team Coin Program and partnership with Woolworths

[ausproofs]

ooohh
lucky you!

A little birdy may send you one :angel:

[robbiegal]

thank-you very much Aus :heart: you are a sweetie indeed

i went to woolies this arvo to try to get a Paralympic coin and the checkout chick said that she only had the one yellow ring coin

so i said yep i'll take that please!

i feel so much like a loser with these coins
i gotta learn to be more forthright!
i just get so shy about asking

[ausproofs]

Thats cool... let me see what I can find... BTW they have a collector $2 Paralymic coin... ask about that too...

[robbiegal]

darn it, I didn't think about that - anyways, she was a bit grumpy and the line was long  ...

but all good in the long run, I got some nice chicken kiev to cook-up for tonight's dinner
and i got a yellow - I'm not complaining  too much

next Olympics I am gonna get a job as a checkout chick .............

[Fulvio]

What an amazing day!

Started off warmish and sunny. And super-stingy. By lunchtime when the heavens opened up and turned the city into a lake, I had a whole THREE coins. Yes, they are nice, even if the yellow is a bit sus.

My next stop had already run out, but they had the cards at $3. Limit ONE. Which I got. And then a beautiful young lady came up next to me and said "would you like another? I'm going to buy some cigarettes and can get one for you if you like." Naturally, I accepted, and handed a $5 note to the guy to pay for it. She tapped her phone, picked up her ciggies, said "No, that's OK" and walked out. Leaving both of us standing there speechless! Oh, and its worth mentioning that the coins are NOT sealed into the cards. The obverse is half exposed, and clearly that's how they slide them into the card. They WILL need to be protected when stored. I better get onto this BOPP film in a hurry, eh?

Then at the next store I spot a bag of 5¢ in the till. I ask for it and get a very strange response... "No, you can only swap for the $2, not other coins".. What the...? Anyway, off to the bank for some 5¢ to try and swap for the bags. I grab a few rolls, and as I'm walking out, one of the other tellers calls out "I've got something for you!". He rummages in the drawers, fishes out a couple of bags of copper, and when I ask how much, he says "Nothing. Just take them". Coooool.. AND there's a round 50¢ and an Italian 1978 200 Lire in one of the bags too! :yahoo:

Towards the end of the day, I pop into my favourite dealer to check on my box of olympic sets. They're back-ordered and may be in next week he says. And they're no longer taking orders and have cancelled further production apparently. I hand back the 6d you lot convinced me was PMD, and swap it for a $20 19th century calico coin sack labelled "£100 silver 866" on both sides.

Finally, at my last stop I picked up three UNC $5 notes, since they'll soon be gone.

I'm toying with the idea of going out again, but since they all ran out early, it may be pointless for today. And anyway, I did get three bags, which puts me ahead of my target. Might just rest on my laurels instead.

[ausjack]

[SULLA]

Re box of Olympic sets.
As I did not receive boxes with my order for 50 albums I made that enquiry today.
I was told by RAMINT today that boxes were exculsively for WOW and not available to dealers or public.

[robbiegal]

so you got 3 bags of the Paralympic coins?
the story doesn't detail that

[Fulvio]

the story doesn't detail that

Because its not unusual. I get a few coins here and there, and when I reach 25, swap for a bag. Been doing that since day one.

[robbiegal]

you swap them at woolies for a bag?
you cheeky boy
but smart

[ausjack]

cheeky boy

Now that's not really a description I'd use for the old black bearded pirate :angel: :mocking:

[Fulvio]

Now that's not really a description I'd use for the old black bearded pirate :angel: :mocking:

Just ye wait till we keelhaul ya, ya blaggard!

you swap them at woolies for a bag?

Of course. There's nowhere else to do it, is there?

[ausjack]

ey ey capin

[trout]

The parra coins are now available again at the RAM shop :ok:

[Triggersmob]

Good day for me with coins yesterday.
My first lot of 50th anniversary $1 coins arrived.
A parcel of coins from Germany also arrived.
Then I picked up 8 paralympic coins at Woolies.
They didn't have any at the service desk this time,
but the lady took me too till #2 and emptied out
all she had.