Today I noodled...

[ausjack]

Gee I'm lucky to find 4 to 6 coloured $2 per 2k bag/sack and would average 2 coloured per bag/sack so that's an amazing haul :blink: I'd have to look at about 50k worth of coin at least so I agree and think someone has hit hard times and had to dump them.

So where are you Lucas? I'm in the thriving metropolis of Grafton :winkextra:

[LucasJ]

Hey Jack I am up in Tweed. My family are from down your neck of the woods though around the Casino Lismore area.

[ausjack]

Cool, I have relo's around casino as well and all over the place. Yeah tweed is a pretty good spot and not far from brissie for the coin show :good:

[Pedro]

Well done Lucas - tremendous haul :good:

Pedro

[Ozcoins]

Maybe your name should be "LuckyLucasJ"?

Congratulations on your finds!
I think someone put a fair amount of effort into putting those coins all together for you!

[LucasJ]

It has definitely given me incentive to buy more bags of coins now! I generally have poor results buying bags around here so don't bother too much (although I don't buy anywhere near as many coins as some of you guys do) plus I have a couple of girls at Coles and at another local bank who save a few coins for me.

The problem is now I have all these coins but am down almost $200 in noodling/collecting funds haha :mafia:

Also I'm not sure how many of these red Anzac $2 coins were released into circulation as the only place I seem to see them is for sale on eBay? This is the first one I have ever seen in the wild and I only know of 2 other people who have found one around here, it is probaly 10x rarer than a coronation to get in your change. (In these parts anyway)

[Hercules]

Also I'm not sure how many of these red Anzac $2 coins were released into circulation as the only place I seem to see them is for sale on eBay? This is the first one I have ever seen in the wild and I only know of 2 other people who have found one around here, it is probaly 10x rarer than a coronation to get in your change. (In these parts anyway)

I reckon someone probably brought it down from Brisbane. A very small number were released up here, and they do appear sporadically.

Here are my commemorative $2 stats (from March 2016 to April 2017):

2012 Rem. Day (Gold Poppy): 53
2013 Coronation (Purple): 3
2014 Rem. Day (Green): 3
2015 ANZAC Day (Red): 3
2015 Rem. Day (Orange): 15
2016 Olympics (Blue): 13
2016 Olympics (Black): 13
2016 Olympics (Red): 14
2016 Olympics (Yellow): 16
2016 Olympics (Green): 9
2016 Paralympics (Rainbow): 8
2016 Changeover: 24

Total number of coins searched: 13,197 ($26,394)

I also found a 1991 $2, which is clearly NCLT.

[LucasJ]

That is one hell of a lot of coins you have gone through, how many bags do you buy at a time?

My bank will only let me take 2 or 4 at a time if I am lucky and if the same woman is on the register when I come back (which she usually is) she won't give me any more and all the other banks around here rarely ever get coins in as they get them from all the local businesses and they are all in little ziplock bags.

I am thinking I may need to start getting some from the banks on the Gold Coast.

[Mister T]

I finally got a 2015 ANZAC $1 today - a bit worse for the wear but at this point I can't be choosy.
I also got four 2001 20c pieces and two were Centenary of Federation (Victoria and South Australia).

[Hercules]

I finally got a 2015 ANZAC $1 today - a bit worse for the wear but at this point I can't be choosy.

Congratulations, Mr T. I always knew you'd find one eventually. I've found 5 so far, but none of them are in particularly good condition, either. The 2014 MoR ones seem to outnumber them in Brisbane by at least 2:1.

:wavemulticolor:

[JeffH]

I have twenty two of them in good condition (say EF+) and have started throwing back the poor ones. You people obviously live in the wrong places for these.
If anyone needs some just give me a yell.
Jeff

[LucasJ]

Good work, I have only found 2 so far and they both came in my change. Still getting plenty of 2014's though

[Mister T]

Congratulations, Mr T. I always knew you'd find one eventually. I've found 5 so far, but none of them are in particularly good condition, either. The 2014 MoR ones seem to outnumber them in Brisbane by at least 2:1.

Yes my patience paid off - I've looked at a lot of dollar coins in the last little while and found pretty much nothing but I broke the drought (forgot to mention I got a 1994 rabbit ears too).
I've only seen two plain 2014 dollars but I don't go too hard on the dollars in general.

[Hercules]

I get lots of 1994 rabbit ears for some reason. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was the year of the rabbit! :laugh2:

[Pedro]

I get lots of 1994 rabbit ears for some reason. If I didn't know better, I'd think it was the year of the rabbit! :laugh2:

Much the same here - the 1994 rabbit ear is the one I have found the most of and then followed by 2008.

Pedro